There are some variables like this; globals are looked up at runtime
in a global dictionary (usually “Smalltalk”) as are members of class
pools. However, local variables (method locals and block locals) are
just names of references, and get compiled into direct references to
stack locations.
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On Wednesday 17 July 2002 09:10 am, Dossy wrote:
On 2002.07.18, Ned Konz ned@bike-nomad.com wrote:
On Wednesday 17 July 2002 05:49 am, Dossy wrote:
Right. (IIRC, I believe Smalltalk also implements assignments
as message sends and everything is an object or a message as
well.)No, unfortunately, at least in ST-80 variables aren’t objects;
they’re just bindings.There’s been some discussion on the Squeak list about making
variables into objects, though.I thought all “variables” were actually objects that lived in
Dictionary or somesuch.
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Ned Konz
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