#and:, #or: methods in blocks?

Hi,

methods #and:, #or: etc. are defined in Boolean class only - why this  
methods are not defined in "blocks" too?

* standard way (brackets mix):
( condition_1 ) and: [ condition_2 ] ...

* this (fictive) way looks beter (for me):
[ condition_1 ] and: [ condition_2 ] ...
more complex one: [ [ cond_1 ] and: [ cond_2 ] ] or: [ cond_3 ]

Thanks for clarification, pf
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On Apr 10, 2007, at 23:40 , Petr Fischer wrote:

You only need blocks for code that is evaluated conditionally, or  
repeatedly, or not immediately.

But the receiver of #and: or #or: always must be evaluated. No sense  
in making it a block. In contrast, the argument to #and: must only be  
evaluated if the receiver was true. So you need a block there.

If you do not need that shortcut behavior you can simply use #& and  
#| which take booleans, not blocks as arguments.

- Bert -


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