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--- at:tutorial:basic [2009/06/05 15:32] – added tvcutsem
+++ at:tutorial:basic [2011/05/23 13:36] – tvcutsem
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 AmbientTalk borrows its block syntax from languages like Smalltalk and Self, where the role of the curly braces is played by square brackets, i.e. ''[ args | body ]''. In AmbientTalk, the ''<parlist>'' is only used to denote parameters to the block, not also for temporary variables as in Smalltalk.
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 ===== Keywords =====
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 </code>
-However, it is impossible to directly call or define a keyworded function in a canonical style.
+It is also possible to invoke keyworded functions using the canonical function application syntax:
+<code>
+foo:bar:(1,2)
+</code>
 ===== Native Data Types =====