Ah maybe,
I interpreted literal literally.
Let Sudhakar talk...

Nicolas

2010/7/22 St�phane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>

On Jul 22, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Nicolas Cellier wrote:

> It's different because evaluated only once, either at method compilation or at first execution (lazy initialization).

but Sudhakar use case did not show that he wanted something different.
or I totally do not understand.

> > #( 123 23 'das' )
> > whynot:
> > #( 'ac'->23 �2->'casd' myVar1) �... evaluates to a collection..

>
> > Would this be of interest in general... I have always wanted a more capable literal array than what we have now..
> >
> > #( 123 23 'das' )
> > whynot:
> > #( 'ac'->23 �2->'casd' myVar1) �... evaluates to a collection..
> >
> > so I just tried this out with a BlockClosure:
> >
> > asArray
> >
> > � � | �stmts anArray �|
> >
> > � � stmts := self decompile statements.
> > � � anArray := Array new: stmts size.
> > � � stmts doWithIndex: [ :eaNode :indx| | start end value|
> > � � � � start := (eaNode asString indexOf: ${)+1.
> > � � � � end := (eaNode asString lastIndexOf: $})-1.
> > � � � � value := Compiler evaluate: (eaNode asString copyFrom: start to: end) for: self receiver logged: false.
> > � � � � anArray at: indx put: value].
> > � � ^anArray
> >
> > So we could do:
> > ['abc'->123. 'def'->456. 'efg'->789. 'hij'->123. 'klm'->456.] asArray.
> > [self checkThisUsingKeywordMethod: 'abc' with:'efg'. localVar1. instanceVar1 ] asArray
> >
> >
> > to yield arrays.. not neat, I would much rather prefer the literals do their job their way...
> > but works.. for the narrow set I have tried so far..
> >
> > Any comments..
> > -Skrish
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