E (object)

From Erights

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.

Protocol

call/3

Signature: call(recipient :any, verb :String, args :List) :any

The specification for this message has not been written.

callWithPair/3

Signature: callWithPair(recipient :any, verbAndArgs :Tuple[String, List]) :any

Equivalent to E.call(recipient, verbAndArgs[0], verbAndArgs[1]).

send/3

Signature: send(recipient :any, verb :String, args :List) :rcvr

The specification for this message has not been written.

sendOnly/3

Signature: sendOnly(recipient :any, verb :String, args :List) :XXX

The specification for this message has not been written.

toString/1

Signature: toString(object :any) :Twine

def [tw, sb] := <elib:oldeio.makeTextWriter>.makeBufferingPair()
tw.print(object)
return sb.toString()

toQuote/1

Signature: toQuote(object :any) :Twine

def [tw, sb] := <elib:oldeio.makeTextWriter>.makeBufferingPair()
tw.quote(object)
return sb.toString()

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