ted basically
> Dog class>>newWhite
> "Returns a new white instance of receiver."
> ^self new
> color: Color white;
> yourself
is equivalent to
> Dog class>>newWhite
> "Returns a new white instance of receiver.”
> | instance |
instance := self new.
instance color: Color white;
>
> ^ instance
So this is really when you do not know what a subclass may do with
reimplementing color:
so yourself make sure that your extenders can be doing crazy things, your job
is good.
S.
> On 2 Aug 2020, at 19:55, tbrunz <wild.id...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Got it. Seems like an important point for those who are trying to understand
> the difference between instances and classes.
>
> I've gotten strange results myself until I learned that #yourself is an
> essential thing...
>
> -t
>
>
>
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>
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