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--- at:tutorial:objects [2007/07/04 16:27] – jorge
+++ at:tutorial:objects [2007/07/05 14:04] – jorge
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+<note>
 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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+<note warning>
-The ''^'' delegation operator does not have the same semantics as the ''.'' (dot) notation. A message sent to ''super'' using 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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