"The empty set of parentheses is REQUIRED when sort is used as a function to return an array without the optional mode parameter"
I don't know. Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the parentheses are required to be able to use the function call as the object which it returns; as opposed to the syntax, without the parentheses, referring to the function itself? Lee __________ "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity." On 01/08/2015 06:56 PM, Lewis Balentine wrote: > On 01/08/2015 07:19 AM, Tobias Boege wrote: >> Array.Sort() is a *method* :-) > > The basic (pun intended) elements of all OOP languages are classes > constructed of properties and methods. > --- you got me on that one > > In GAMBAS there seem to be several class methods defined that sometimes > require parenthesis and sometimes do not. I was trying to > determine/define the conditions that delimit when those parenthesis are > required using familiar BASIC terms ... as in: > Public/Private Function foo () as data type > Public/Private Sub foo () > both of which I believe are appropriately considered methods in OOP > languages. > > I believe my second formal computer class was MBASIC on a Osborn CPM > computer (4 inch green screen). I am trying to recall if the term > "Function" was defined in that language but those gray cells are no > longer responding reliably. The other option was "Go to" that eventually > evolved into "Public/Private Sub". At the time we called those > "procedures". I still call them "procedures" to distinguish them from a > "function" that by definition is supposed to return something. > > Take a look at what I put in the WiKi and let me know if I should change it. > http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb/string[]/sort > ... and if someone insists I will go back and change the variables to > Hungarian notation but personally I find it more confusing than enlighting. > > Cheers, > > Lewis > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
