Transcript and Dot Notation

[Mark Smith]

Well maybe one could 'see' an objects functions as properties, like   
in Eiffel, or at least in my dim understanding of it.
get the sqrt(9) of mathsObject

Mark

On 24 Feb 2006, at 22:25, Peter T. Evensen wrote:

> At 03:58 PM 2/24/2006, Andre Garzia wrote:
>> So why can't we do transcript-ish things like:
>>
>> set the stopColor of TrafficLight to red
>>
>> set the interval of TrafficLight to 20 secs
>
> Would there be any reason to distinguish between custom properties  
> and a object property?  If not, I see the above working.
>
>> and call methods like
>>
>> send "go" to traffic light...
>
> That works for methods, but how about functions?
>
> I have never liked the current transcript syntax of Value 
> ("GetCurrentColor()", TrafficLight).    TrafficLight.GetColor() is  
> much more readable, in my opinion.
>
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