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at:tutorial:objects [2007/07/03 09:57] – jorgeat:tutorial:objects [2007/07/04 16:25] – jorge
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 A message sent to an object using the ''^'' symbol (e.g. to the parent object in the example above) will start the method lookup in this object (and its parents) and then execute the method body in the lexical scope of the message sender (''self'' is bound to the message sender). A message sent to an object using the ''^'' symbol (e.g. to the parent object in the example above) will start the method lookup in this object (and its parents) and then execute the method body in the lexical scope of the message sender (''self'' is bound to the message sender).
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 +<note important>
 +The ''^'' delegation operator does not have the same semantics as the ''.'' (dot) notation to send messages to ''super''. The ''.'' notation will not only start the method lookup in the object bound the ''super'' field but also bind the ''self'' pseudo variable to this object.
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 ===== Encapsulation ===== ===== Encapsulation =====
at/tutorial/objects.txt · Last modified: 2013/05/17 20:23 by tvcutsem