O$6.0.3 – Calling a method using a private method as a parameter

no joy.

Do method callMe($cclass.$methods.$findname(‘someMethod’).$name()) just passes the name ’someMethod’ to callMe. What i want is for someMethod to execute ‘in line’ and pass it’s return value to callMe.

Lawrence

> On Jun 3, 2017, at 8:09 AM, lawrence@lawrencesmith.com wrote:
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> Vik,
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> Thanks for the reply.
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> Yesterday I tried using
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> do method callMe($cinst,$methods.someMethod)
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> but that doesn’t work. i’ll try using .$findname and see if that does the trick. Ugly syntax and once again requires embedding a literal string in the code (something I avoid like the plague).
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> On a different note I like $cando()
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> Best,
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> Lawrence
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>> On Jun 3, 2017, at 4:54 AM, Vik Shah <Vik@Keys2Solutions.com.au> wrote:
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>> Hi Lawrence,
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>> I think what you are after is $cmethod.$name or is it $cmethod().$name. This will eliminate any unknown values being passed around.
>> NOTE: passing in $cmethod as a parameter will pass a link to the current executing method before it jumped into the new method.
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>> So from the calling method you ca do, the following…
>> 1. Do method callMe($cmethod().$name)
>> 2. Do method callMe($cclass.$methods.$findname(‘someMethod’).$name())
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>> Another thing you can add to your “callMe” method is a test to see if the name exists… There are again a few ways of doing it…
>> 1. if not(isclear($cclass.$methods.$findname(‘someMethod’)))…
>> 2. if not($cclass.$methods.[method_name_var].$ident.$cando())
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>> The $cando() technique is a boolean test to see if a specific notation query can be executed.
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>> HTH
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>> Regards,
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>> Vik Shah
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>>> On 3 Jun 2017, at 05:07, lawrence@lawrencesmith.com wrote:
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>>> All,
>>>
>>> Assuming a single class, I want to a call a method and use an inline call to a private method as a parameter value. I can successfully use a public method as the parameter (e.g. do method callMe($cinst.$someMethod)) but I don’t really want to make $someMethod part of the public API. I want to make the call the equivalent of: do method callMe(do method someMethod). I realize I could pass the private method name as text and then perform a do method [passedValue] inside the receiving method but the calling syntax is less expressive that way, more prone to typos, and doesn’t pass my personal ‘this is clearly a hack’ test. There are certainly times when passing the method name as text is an appropriate solution (delayed execution etc) but in this case not so much.
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>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Lawrence
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