Mildly amusing compiler bug

Hi,

I've just noticed that you can evaluate:

    1 ( 2

to get a walkback, "SmallInteger does not understand #(".

Don't worry, though, you can define the method:

    ( aNumber
        ^ self + aNumber + 23.

and that allows the original expression to evaluate OK.

It works with [ too.

However, there must be a bug in the debugger, because, for some reason, it
won't allow you to implement either method directly ;-)

    -- chris

Chris,

> However, there must be a bug in the debugger, because, for some reason, it
> won't allow you to implement either method directly ;-)

You've probably worked it out already but the "Implement It" option is
disabled because Symbol>>isLiteralSymbol: answers false for #'('

More strangeness. Try to implement ....

( anNumber
    ^self + aNumber + 23

in a class. Using "Accept/Reformat" (have you still got that enabled?)
throws an error.  If you just "Accept" it the method compiles without any
obvious error, and works (as in the Debugger).  However, every time you
browse the method in a browser the Transcript reports "Error 32 on line 1
of Object>>( -> 'expecting message pattern'".  Having two different
compilers in Dolphin does make things interesting :-)

--
Ian

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