E (object)
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| - | + | The object named <code>E</code> in the [[universal env]] provides a number of useful operations and is the primitive with which variable-argument calls and sends may be made. | |
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| + | ==Protocol== | ||
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| + | {{instance msgdoc|call|3|<var>recipient</var> :[[any]], <var>verb</var> :[[String]], <var>args</var> :[[List]]|[[any]]}} | ||
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| + | {{unspecified message}} | ||
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| + | {{instance msgdoc|callWithPair|3|<var>recipient</var> :[[any]], <var>verbAndArgs</var> :{{sub|[[Tuple]]|[[String]], [[List]]}}|[[any]]}} | ||
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| + | {{specbycode|E.call(recipient, verbAndArgs[0], verbAndArgs[1])}} | ||
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| + | {{instance msgdoc|send|3|<var>recipient</var> :[[any]], <var>verb</var> :[[String]], <var>args</var> :[[List]]|[[rcvr]]}} | ||
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| + | {{unspecified message}} | ||
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| + | {{instance msgdoc|sendOnly|3|<var>recipient</var> :[[any]], <var>verb</var> :[[String]], <var>args</var> :[[List]]|{{XXX}}}} | ||
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| + | {{unspecified message}} | ||
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| + | {{instance msgdoc|toString|1|<var>object</var> :[[any]]|[[Twine]]}} | ||
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| + | {{specbycode|<pre>def [tw, sb] := <elib:oldeio.makeTextWriter>.makeBufferingPair() | ||
| + | tw.print(object) | ||
| + | return sb.toString()</pre>}} | ||
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| + | {{instance msgdoc|toQuote|1|<var>object</var> :[[any]]|[[Twine]]}} | ||
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| + | {{specbycode|<pre>def [tw, sb] := <elib:oldeio.makeTextWriter>.makeBufferingPair() | ||
| + | tw.quote(object) | ||
| + | return sb.toString()</pre>}} | ||
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| + | {{stub}} | ||
Revision as of 23:08, 20 April 2011
The object named E in the universal env provides a number of useful operations and is the primitive with which variable-argument calls and sends may be made.
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Protocol
call/3
The specification for this message has not been written.
callWithPair/3
Equivalent to E.call(recipient, verbAndArgs[0], verbAndArgs[1]).
send/3
The specification for this message has not been written.
sendOnly/3
The specification for this message has not been written.
toString/1
Equivalent todef [tw, sb] := <elib:oldeio.makeTextWriter>.makeBufferingPair()
tw.print(object)
return sb.toString()
toQuote/1
Equivalent todef [tw, sb] := <elib:oldeio.makeTextWriter>.makeBufferingPair()
tw.quote(object)
return sb.toString()
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