Hi all,
I'm investigating the feasibility of porting a large VAST application to Pharo, so I may have some questions in the coming days. �Here's my first question:
VAST has the concept of compile-time constants, using the ##() syntax. �Whatever is in the parentheses is evaluated at compile time, and the result is stored, so the evaluation does not need to happen again when the method is sent later. �E.g., when this method is sent:
printTheNumberToTheTranscript
� � Transcript nextPutAll: ##( 10 factorial asString ) .
no calculation or string conversion is necessary, because 10 factorial asString was evaluated at compile time and the answer was stored. �Please note that this is different from array literals, which is how Pharo seems to treat this syntax.
As far as I can tell, Pharo does not have this feature (certainly not with that syntax), but I would love to be proved wrong. �Am I?