Verb
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A verb is a string. | A verb is a string. | ||
| - | + | A 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''. | |
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* [[Miranda respondsTo]] | * [[Miranda respondsTo]] | ||
* [[Miranda getAllegedType]] | * [[Miranda getAllegedType]] | ||
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[[Category:ELib specification]] | [[Category:ELib specification]] | ||
Revision as of 03:51, 7 August 2011
A verb is a string.
A 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 “verb/arity” (e.g. “add/1”) and when used in a program is known as a mangled verb or mverb.
