# HG changeset patch
# User IBBoard <dev@ibboard.co.uk>
# Date 1504720502 -3600
# Node ID 4d3769ac447c7c62b17d5177956b8933f1e59304
# Parent  2bbabcbc4802ca01c4eb45569c8e98867a03be24
Add notes and code on methods in Io

diff -r 2bbabcbc4802 -r 4d3769ac447c 2-Io/day1-methods.io
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/2-Io/day1-methods.io	Wed Sep 06 18:55:02 2017 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Methods are objects, defined by some new notation:
+# method(object message[…])
+
+# This would show something in REPL but is useless in normal execution
+method("This does nothing but print something, but with the line-break" println)
+# Methods are of type "Block"
+method() type println
+# And they can be assigned to slots like values
+Car := Object clone
+ferrari := Car clone
+Car drive := method("Vroom" println)
+# Note that "cloning" isn't a one-time thing - we modified Car after creating
+# ferrari, but it now has the `drive` method anyway. This is good, but
+# doesn't *quite* match the naming
+ferrari drive
+
+# You can also retrieve slots (methods or values), which walks up the heirarchy if necessary
+ferrari getSlot("drive") println
+# And you can find out what its prototype is
+# (i.e. what it inherited from and what exists)
+ferrari proto println
+# But what if we add something to the ferrari? that isn't covered yet
+ferrari name := "My Fast Car"
+ferrari proto println
+ferrari name println
+# It seems to only cover the parent stuff
+
+# There's also a "master namespace" that all the objects get created in:
+Lobby println
\ No newline at end of file