request("string") is supposed to send a makeString message to the receiver.
With s = .Stem~new("abc") the following works:
say s~request("string") -- abc
But Stem doesn't even *have* a makeString method:
say s~hasMethod("makeString") -- 0
say .MutableBuffer~new(s) -- Method argument 1 must have a string value
So why then does this work:
say s~makeString -- abc
Maybe some magic from the unknown method?
The docs for unknown say "Reissues or forwards all unknown messages to the
stem's current default value", but neither of below works:
say s~xyzzy -- Object "abc" does not understand message "XYZZY"
say s~'1' -- Object "abc" does not understand message "1"
What's the intention with unknown? Should it support a method access to
stem tails like Directory does?
Which of the above should be considered a bug? And what as a doc bug?
One last thing: should Stem's toDirectory be (also) named makeDirectory for
consistency and so that s~request("Directory") works?
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