Matthew Fulmer uploaded a new version of Collections to project The Inbox:
http://source.squeak.org/inbox/Collections-mtf.420.mcz==================== Summary ====================
Name: Collections-mtf.420
Author: mtf
Time: 6 January 2011, 2:14:56.298 pm
UUID: adc5fe75-18ce-4e64-976a-54f588e2f8af
Ancestors: Collections-mtf.419
support methods with positional arguments. Needed by OpenGL in Croquet
=============== Diff against Collections-mtf.419 ===============
Item was changed:
----- Method: String>>numArgs (in category 'system primitives') -----
+ numArgs
- numArgs
"Answer either the number of arguments that the receiver would take if considered a selector. Answer -1 if it couldn't be a selector. Note that currently this will answer -1 for anything begining with an uppercase letter even though the system will accept such symbols as selectors. It is intended mostly for the assistance of spelling correction."
| firstChar numColons excess start ix |
self size = 0 ifTrue: [^ -1].
firstChar := self at: 1.
(firstChar isLetter or: [firstChar = $:]) ifTrue:
+ [(ix := self findString: '()/') > 0 ifTrue: [
+ "positional keyword selector"
+ (self copyFrom: 1 to: ix-1) numArgs = 0 ifFalse: [^ -1]. "fast check that the name portion of the selector is valid"
+ ^ Number readFrom: (self copyFrom: ix+3 to: self size) ifFail: [-1]].
+
+ "Fast reject if any chars are non-alphanumeric
- ["Fast reject if any chars are non-alphanumeric
NOTE: fast only for Byte things - Broken for Wide"
self class isBytes
ifTrue: [(self findSubstring: '~' in: self startingAt: 1 matchTable: Tokenish) > 0 ifTrue: [^ -1]]
ifFalse: [2 to: self size do: [:i | (self at: i) tokenish ifFalse: [^ -1]]].
"Fast colon count"
numColons := 0. start := 1.
[(ix := self indexOf: $: startingAt: start) > 0]
whileTrue:
[numColons := numColons + 1.
start := ix + 1].
numColons = 0 ifTrue: [^ 0].
firstChar = $:
ifTrue: [excess := 2 "Has an initial keyword, as #:if:then:else:"]
ifFalse: [excess := 0].
self last = $:
ifTrue: [^ numColons - excess]
ifFalse: [^ numColons - excess - 1 "Has a final keywords as #nextPut::andCR"]].
firstChar isSpecial ifTrue:
[self size = 1 ifTrue: [^ 1].
2 to: self size do: [:i | (self at: i) isSpecial ifFalse: [^ -1]].
^ 1].
+ ^ -1.
+ !
- ^ -1.!