Hi.
Messages usually have the arguments last. Wouldn't it be nice to have messages that could have arguments between a phrase? Example:
aBitStream next: 40 bits
Here, bits is a nop. In this way, things get written more clearly and yet they don't become complex (like implementing the nop method #bits in Integer). Or maybe another pattern of keyword message, keyword+nops. The nop can be identified and ignored by the compiler (and humans) if a proper text attribute is used, for instance. The example without the nop method names gets like this:
aBitStream next: 40
Or maybe:
aBitStream nextBits: 40
which is not nice. These nops could be called something like parameter descriptors... does this go against polymorphism and the untyped Smalltalk???
Andres.