A provocative naming idea for "setter" methods

[Brian Templeton]

Bill Sun <billksun at yahoo.com> writes:

> That sort of sparked another idea here...
>
> What about:
>
> object1 set:
> object1 get
>
> or
>
> object1 slot1 set:
> object1 slot1 get
>

What about using a macro?

m@(Syntax UnaryMessage traits) set: v
[
  Syntax KeywordMessage
    sending: (intern: m selector name ; ':')
    to: { m arguments first. v. }
].

addSlot: #foo.
foo `set: 42.

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