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- | As all definitions in AmbientTalk, | + | As all definitions in AmbientTalk, |
- | This object can be instantiated to create new points as follows: | + | |
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- | Every object understands the message '' | + | Every object understands the message '' |
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+ | <note important> | ||
+ | AmbientTalk supports both traditional canonical syntax (e.g. '' | ||
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+ | AmbientTalk’s object instantiation protocol closely corresponds to class instantiation in class-based languages, except that the new object is a clone of an existing object, rather than an empty object allocated from a class. We further explain the semantics of object cloning in subsection [[objects# | ||
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+ | ===== Sending messages ===== | ||
+ | In AmbientTalk, | ||
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+ | access to | ||
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+ | access to the fields and methods of the objects. | ||
Object' | Object' | ||
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- | ===== Sending messages ===== | ||
- | In AmbientTalk, | ||
- | Note that AmbientTalk supports both traditional canonical syntax (e.g. o.m(a,b,c)) as well as keyworded syntax (e.g. o.at: key put: value) for method definitions and message sends. | ||
===== Cloning and instantiation ===== | ===== Cloning and instantiation ===== |
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