[Openmcl-devel] To send or not to send

[Alexander Repenning]

this is somewhat subjective, I guess. I  do not mind "send" being  
depreciated but I do share the concern about readability when there  
are many parameters, e.g.,

(#/compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction: Image Point Rect Op  
Fraction)  does look a bit clumsy, in terms of readability, and less  
CL than perhaps


(#/compositeToPoint: Image Point :fromRect Rect :operation  
Op :fraction Fraction)

alex


On May 29, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Ron Garret wrote:

> I was disappointed by this because I kinda sorta like the send  
> syntax better than the straight ObjC syntax.  There are times when:
>
> (send foo ns::snoz :baz bar :bing boff)
>
> just feels cleaner than
>
> (#/snozBazBing: foo bar boff)
>
> especially when there are a lot of arguments.  Why is send being  
> deprecated?

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