Valuable Protocol
All valuables (Blocks, WADelayedSend
, and any other executable constructs in the particular Smalltalk dialect) are expected to conform to the following protocol which is based on ANSI Smalltalk.
-
#argumentCount
as defined in ANSI. -
#value
as defined in ANSI. -
#value:
as defined in ANSI. -
#value:value:
as defined in ANSI. -
#valueWithArguments:
as defined in ANSI. -
#valueWithPossibleArguments:
, not defined by ANSI. Evaluates the receiver with as many of the given arguments as required. -
#fixCallbackTemps
, not defined by ANSI. Used for polymorphism with Squeak blocks. Makes Squeak blocks more closure like and saves some space.