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--- at:tutorial:objects [2007/07/04 16:23] – jorge
+++ at:tutorial:objects [2007/07/05 14:03] – jorge
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 As all definitions in AmbientTalk, objects, fields and methods are defined using the **def** keyword. Fields are defined using a ''def name := value'' syntax while methods are defined using a ''name(parameters) {body}'' syntax.
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 AmbientTalk not only supports traditional canonical syntax (e.g. ''o.m(a,b,c)'') but also keyworded syntax (e.g. ''o.at: key put: value'') for method definitions and message sends, as in SmallTalk.
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 In AmbientTalk, ''self'' and ''super'' indicate the current object and its parent respectively. While the former corresponds to a language keyword the latter is just a field name of the object.
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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).
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-The ''.'' (dot) notation to send messages to ''super'' does not have the same semantics as the ''^'' delegation operator. 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.
+The delegation operator does not have the same semantics as the dot notation. A message sent to ''super'' using the dot 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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