From: Charles Miller <cmiller@...>
Date: 2004-04-04T23:41:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Variable names

On 03/04/2004, at 7:35 AM, David King Landrith wrote:
> Whenever a method is called on an object, one and only one symbol is 
> used to represent the object.  Is there any way to determine which 
> symbol was representing the object at the time that the method was 
> invoked?
>
> Everything that has been said thus far leads me to believe that the 
> answer is no, but nobody has hit the point square on.  I'm anxious to 
> clarify my question or provide more information if my question remains 
> unclear.  But (as usual -- and this is the reason I rarely use this 
> list) people seem more interested in pedantry than genuine assistance. 
>  Don't get me wrong, the answers are informative and often fill me 
> with awe at vast expanses of knowledge possessed by those that offer 
> them.  They just provide both too much and not enough information at 
> the same time, which typically indicates that you're dealing with 
> either an obscurantist (e.g., a politician) or a pedant.

"Where can I find this fish's bicycle?"

"Fish don't have bicycles."

"But they must have something like it. Can I find their cars?"

"No, they don't have cars."

"But they have to get to work somehow!"

"They do?"

"You guys are so unhelpful. I still don't know where I can find the 
bicycles."

Charles Miller


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