Kevin Reid: see also Noun; formally define as being String

Kevin Reid — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:54:33 GMT

see also Noun; formally define as being String

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A verb is a string.

The verb is one of the parts of a message or a method signature; in other languages it might be called the "method name" or "selector". Ordinary E objects dispatch to methods based on the combination of the verb and the ''arity'', the number of arguments; this combination is conventionally written “<var>verb</var>/<var>arity</var>” (e.g. “add/1”) and when used in a program is known as a ''mangled verb'' or ''mverb''.

def Verb := String

==See also==

* [[Object E#call/3|E#call/3]]
* [[Miranda respondsTo]]
* [[Miranda getAllegedType]]
* [[Noun]]

[[Category:ELib specification]]

Kevin Reid at 03:51, 7 August 2011

Kevin Reid — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:51:29 GMT

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Kevin Reid: see also Noun; formally define as being String

Kevin Reid at 03:51, 7 August 2011