1 USING: generic generic.single help.markup help.syntax sequences math
5 HELP: standard-combination
7 "Performs standard method combination."
9 "Generic words using the standard method combination dispatch on the class of the object at the given stack position, where 0 is the top of the stack, 1 is the object underneath, and 2 is the next one under that. A " { $link no-method } " error is thrown if no suitable method is defined on the class."
12 "A generic word for append strings and characters to a sequence, dispatching on the object underneath the top of the stack:"
14 "GENERIC# build-string 1 ( elt str -- )"
15 "M: string build-string swap push-all ;"
16 "M: integer build-string push ;"
20 HELP: define-simple-generic
21 { $values { "word" "a word" } { "effect" effect } }
22 { $description "Defines a generic word with the " { $link standard-combination } " method combination and a dispatch position of 0." } ;