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Complex values in Smalltalk

Author(s) -

Thomas J. Schrader,

Christian Haider

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

citeseer x (the pennsylvania state university)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.1145/1735935.1735957

Subject(s) - smalltalk , computer science , programming language , stateful firewall , simple (philosophy) , object oriented programming , programming paradigm , context (archaeology) , theoretical computer science , computer network , philosophy , paleontology , epistemology , network packet , biology

Distinguishing between stateful objects and Values has long been recognized as fruitful. Values are universal context free abstractions that prevent side-effects and allow for a functional programming style. Though object-oriented programming languages provide simple Values like Integer and String, more complex Values are usually not supported. We show how to model complex structures as Values in Smalltalk, which allows for a simple and versatile implementation. The resulting Smalltalk systems are simple, clear and easily testable.

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