On 17-Jun-09, at 8:29 AM, joh_90uk wrote:
> Steve, I see rather strange behaviour when using caps for a variable
> name. See below:
>
> Io> 55 type
> ==> Number
> Io> aa:=55
> ==> 55
> Io> 55 type
> ==> Number
> Io> AA:=55
> ==> 55
> Io> 55 type
> ==> AA
>
> So by using a caps slot name during a slot assignment, the type of
> the subject of that assignment is changed to the name of the slot.
> Not sure why this is happening but I'm guessing it was not intended.
You will see why if you run the following two code snippets:
message(aa := 55) asString
and
message(AA := 55) asString
This was a special case created a couple of years ago to avoid manual
setting of the type slot. But this is desired behaviour I suppose.
Regards,
Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
