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Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> writes:

> You missed the ever-so-special Objective C syntax:
>
> [object method arg1 withSomething arg2 withSomethingElse arg3]
>
> I'm sure I got that slightly wrong.  I don't do Objective C, and my eyes 
> glaze over every time I have to read it.

The actual syntax would be

  [object method: arg1 withSomething: arg2 withSomethingElse: arg3]

and IMHO once you train your eyes the result is very readable, and
closely resembles Python's keywords (and I took advantage of the
similarity when I enjoyed developing PyObjC :)

ciao, lele.
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