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From: Manmathan Muthukumarapillai <mannan@mjolner.dk>
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Subject: Re: procedure call
Date: 20 Jul 1999 07:36:12 -0000
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Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 04:53:21PM +0200 Yoann Padioleau wrote:
> nospam2159@cs.au.dk (Peter von der Ahé) writes:
> 
> > None the two program segments you have posted will compile, maybe you
> > where thinking of something like this:
> > 
> > (#
> > 
> >    A: (#
> > 	 attribute : @ text;
> > 	 method : (# ... #)
> >       #)
> > do
> >    1 -> A.attribute;
> >    2 -> A.method       (* ??? *)
> > #)

Since "A" is not an object the above 2 lines are not allowed.

--mannan

> > 
> > vs.
> > 
> > (#
> > 
> >    A: @(#
> > 	 attribute : @ text;
> > 	 method : (# ... #)
> >        #);
> > do
> >    1 -> A.attribute;
> >    2 -> A.method
> > #)
> > 
> > But I'm not sure what you see as a problem...
> In on case, attribute is a @ and in the other it is a pattern.
> That's not the same thing.
> 
> 
> > 
> > /Peter
> 
> -- 
> pad