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GreggInCA

don't understand why cascading doesn't work

I'm embarrassed to write about this. I've been playing with the code, reading docs, etc. for an hour:

With a Transcript window open, executing any of the following lines (from a Playground):

Transcript show: 1; ' '; 2; cr.

Transcript show: 'a'; cr; 'b'.

Transcript show: 1; cr; '2'.

fails, after which is shown a pink box with the text 'Message expected ->'.

I'm sure it's something simple. What am I missing? Thanks.

Sven Van Caekenberghe-2

Re: don't understand why cascading doesn't work

Gregg,

> On 21 Aug 2018, at 08:08, Gregg Williams <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I'm embarrassed to write about this. I've been playing with the code, reading docs, etc. for an hour:
>
> With a Transcript window open, executing any of the following lines (from a Playground):
>
> Transcript show: 1; ' '; 2; cr.
>
> Transcript show: 'a'; cr; 'b'.
>
> Transcript show: 1; cr; '2'.
>
> fails, after which is shown a pink box with the text 'Message expected ->'.
>
> I'm sure it's something simple. What am I missing? Thanks.

You have to repeat the selector, you cannot send a string or a number to an object. #cr is a message though.

Transcript show: 1; show: ' '; show: 2; cr.

Transcript show: 'a'; cr; show: 'b'.

Transcript show: 1; cr; show: '2'.

Furthermore, Transcript only generates output with #show: or #crShow: else it buffers until you send #endEntry or #flush.

HTH,

Sven

Richard Sargent

Re: don't understand why cascading doesn't work

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In reply to this post by GreggInCA

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 23:09 Gregg Williams <[hidden email]> wrote:

I'm embarrassed to write about this. I've been playing with the code, reading docs, etc. for an hour:

With a Transcript window open, executing any of the following lines (from a Playground):

Transcript show: 1; ' '; 2; cr.

Transcript show: 'a'; cr; 'b'.

Transcript show: 1; cr; '2'.

fails, after which is shown a pink box with the text 'Message expected ->'.

I'm sure it's something simple. What am I missing? Thanks.

Sven has answered. I would offer the clarification that "cascaded" refers to message sends. You send successive messages to the same receiver. Those messages may or may not take arguments.