Changeset 4270 for trunk/manuals/userman/messages.html

Timestamp:

05/23/08 09:49:25 (6 months ago)

Author:

pmoura

Message:

Generalized the :/1 control construct to allow its use from within categories that extend other categories.

Files:

• trunk/manuals/userman/messages.html (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/manuals/userman/messages.html

@@ -120 +120 @@
     ^^Predicate,    % call inherited definition
     ... .           % do something more</pre>
+
+<h2 id="messages_direct">Direct calls of imported and inherited predicates</h2>
+
+<p>
+It is possible to call an imported or inherited predicate starting the lookups for the predicate declaration and definition from <em>this</em> instead of <em>self</em> by using the <a title="Consult reference manual" href="../refman/control/direct1.html"><code>:/1</code></a> control construct.
+</p>
 
 <h2 id="messages_events">Message sending and event generation</h2>
@@ -236 +242 @@
     <div class="copyright">
         <span>Copyright &copy; <a href="mailto:pmoura@logtalk.org">Paulo Moura</a> &mdash; <a href="http://logtalk.org">Logtalk.org</a></span><br/> 
-        <span>Last updated on: September 15, 2007</span>
+        <span>Last updated on: May 23, 2008</span>
     </div>
     <div class="navbottom">