> 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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