I agree with Andres about calling it a convenience method (and also not calling it a pattern), but is this not also an example of currying? Best Joseph On 02.04.15 00:49, Andres Valloud wrote:
I would call that code an example of "convenience methods". In C, those things would likely be implemented in terms of "macros". The term "pattern" is overloaded, I wouldn't use it here.
On 4/1/15 9:49 , Sean P. DeNigris wrote:
Is there a name for the following pattern?
doSomething: arg1 ^ self doSomething: arg1 ifA: arg2Default
doSomething: arg1 ifA: arg2 ^ self doSomething: arg1 ifA: arg2 ifB: arg3Default
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