On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Usman Bhatti <usman.bhatti@gmail.com> wrote:

ok thanx...
the answer was coming from cache as I tried various combos... so I needed to clear cache (i.e. attribute at #authors) ...

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr> wrote:

because the block is only executed if the first arg is absent. this comes from dictionary

my dict at: kjhkjh ifAbsentPut: []

stef

On Nov 6, 2011, at 3:37 PM, Andre Hora wrote:

> You should write:
>
> self privateState attributeAt: #authors ifAbsentPut: [self myAuthors]
>
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:02 AM, jannik.laval <jannik.laval@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Usman,
>
> The method at:ifAbsentPut: does not interpret the argument.
> Just put "self myAuthor" instead of #myAuthor, it should work.
>
> Cheers,
> Jannik
>
> On Nov 6, 2011, at 13:17 , Usman Bhatti wrote:
>
>> I am trying to create a cache for an attribute that I introduce in MooseEntityState of FamixType.
>> The following expression:
>>
>> self privateState attributeAt: #authors ifAbsentPut: #myAuthors
>>
>> returns me a symbol #myAuthors instead of evaluating the method myAuthors.
>>
>> myAuthors is a method that I introduce in FamixType as an extension and it returns a Bag.
>>
>> Why is this expression returning a symbol instead of evaluating #myAuthors as a block?
>>
>> thanx
>>
>> Usman
>>
>> P.S: The package can be downloaded here: http://www.squeaksource.com/FamixAuthors
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