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Re: Implementing a "prototype" in Pharo

Posted by Alexandre Bergel-4 on Apr 24, 2010; 12:16pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/Implementing-a-prototype-in-Pharo-tp2063374p2063803.html

Easy think is to create a doesNotUnderstand: method.
We experiment with prototypes in squeak some times ago.
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Archive/Papers/Berg04cprototalk.pdf

Cheers,
Alexandre
On 24 Apr 2010, at 07:43, Miso wrote:

>
> Hi, I'm trying to creating a concept similar to "prototype" (like
> prototype-oriented programming) in Pharo. What I want is an object's
> methodDictionary to be stored in itself. So when I send a message to  
> an
> instance, Pharo should look in the instance's dictionary (as opposed  
> to
> class' dictionary) and call method stored there.
>
> Closest thing I managed to do was create an anonymous class  
> (subclass on my
> custom class) for each instance and return instance of this class,  
> and store
> the anonymous class in the instance so I can work with it. Is there  
> any
> other way to do it, without modifying compiler/VM or writing custom
> compiler? If not, please give some pointers where to look for some
> information about "core" of Pharo.
>
> Thanks
> Michael
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