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--- at:tutorial:basic [2009/06/05 15:32] – added 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.
 </note>
 ===== 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>
+<note important>
+Be careful when nesting calls to keyworded functions: a call of the form ''foo: foo: 1 bar: 2 bar: 3'' is parsed as ''foo: (foo: 1 bar: 2 bar: 3)'', not as ''foo: (foo: 1 bar: 2) bar: 3''. It is recommended to always explicitly parenthesize nested keyworded function calls.
+</note>
 ===== Native Data Types =====