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Re: Self and Me: Function vs Keyword

To: "REALbasic Network Users Group" <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: Self and Me: Function vs Keyword
From: "Aaron Ballman" <aaron at realsoftware dot com>
Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:48:30 -0600
References: <C528EF84-6B00-11D8-AFFD-000A95687284 at ossayu dot com>
> Prior to 5.5,  Self and Me were described in the Lang Ref as Functions.

That was a bug in the documentation.

> In the 5.5 Lang Ref they are described as Keywords.

That is correct, they're keywords

> I know it likely makes no difference to the code we write, but if the 
> folks at
> REALsoftware saw fit to change the descriptions, is there a reason other
> than accuracy about how Self and Me are actually implemented?

We wanted the documentation to accurately reflect the language.

> I presume that the compiler does its magic with these; that there are no
> built-in callable functions by these names.   Is this right?

Correct, they're keywords, not callable functions under the hood.

~Aaron

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