Period at end of message pattern ?

> So that's a method that is empty except for ending in a period?  That probably should be an error.  If the point is to have the last line of a "real" method never end in a period, then I would have a problem.
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: [hidden email] [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of James Ladd [[hidden email]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6:28 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Pharo-project] Period at end of message pattern ?
>
> Hi All,
>
> While filing in some sources form a friend into Redline Smalltalk the compiler generated an
> error on the following message pattern (method signature):
>
> initializeBetween: aPitcher and: aBatter events: aCollectionOfEvents.
>
> The error was the trailing period "."
>
> This is acceptable in Pharo but not in the Blue Book definition.
>
> I think it should be an error in Pharo as well. What do you think?
>
> Rgs, James.
>
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> Hmm , whats wrong with period?
> Its an empty nil-statement
>
> try evaluate:
> .......................
>
> Of course, if such patter is then followed by temps declaration:
>
> foo.
> | a b c |
>
> then this could lead to error.
>
> But message pattern with just period?
> I don't feel its wrong.
>
> On 30 September 2010 06:00, Schwab,Wilhelm K <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> So that's a method that is empty except for ending in a period?  That probably should be an error.  If the point is to have the last line of a "real" method never end in a period, then I would have a problem.
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: [hidden email] [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of James Ladd [[hidden email]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6:28 PM
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: [Pharo-project] Period at end of message pattern ?
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> While filing in some sources form a friend into Redline Smalltalk the compiler generated an
>> error on the following message pattern (method signature):
>>
>> initializeBetween: aPitcher and: aBatter events: aCollectionOfEvents.
>>
>> The error was the trailing period "."
>>
>> This is acceptable in Pharo but not in the Blue Book definition.
>>
>> I think it should be an error in Pharo as well. What do you think?
>>
>> Rgs, James.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Pharo-project mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
>>
>
>
>
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> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
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> The Pharo compiler (even more for the Squeak one) accepts all kind of
> strange syntactic constructs. I remember having fixed the refactoring
> engine parser dozens of times in the past years to accommodate such
> abnormalities. And of course, there more code than you actually think
> that uses these constructs (mostly accidental).
>
> Btw, there is a Code Critics rule in Grease that finds the
> repeated/mis-placed dots in Smalltalk. In most other Smalltalk such
> code doesn't load.
>
> Lukas
>
>
> On 30 September 2010 05:46, Igor Stasenko <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hmm , whats wrong with period?
>> Its an empty nil-statement
>>
>> try evaluate:
>> .......................
>>
>> Of course, if such patter is then followed by temps declaration:
>>
>> foo.
>> | a b c |
>>
>> then this could lead to error.
>>
>> But message pattern with just period?
>> I don't feel its wrong.
>>
>> On 30 September 2010 06:00, Schwab,Wilhelm K <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> So that's a method that is empty except for ending in a period?  That probably should be an error.  If the point is to have the last line of a "real" method never end in a period, then I would have a problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: [hidden email] [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of James Ladd [[hidden email]]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6:28 PM
>>> To: [hidden email]
>>> Subject: [Pharo-project] Period at end of message pattern ?
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> While filing in some sources form a friend into Redline Smalltalk the compiler generated an
>>> error on the following message pattern (method signature):
>>>
>>> initializeBetween: aPitcher and: aBatter events: aCollectionOfEvents.
>>>
>>> The error was the trailing period "."
>>>
>>> This is acceptable in Pharo but not in the Blue Book definition.
>>>
>>> I think it should be an error in Pharo as well. What do you think?
>>>
>>> Rgs, James.
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Pharo-project mailing list
>>> [hidden email]
>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
>>
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>> [hidden email]
>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
>
>
>
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> Lukas Renggli
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