call - Execute object from a dictionary.
dict /f call -> -
In SLI, an object-oriented programming style can be
implemented by using dictionaries as objects.
These object dictionaries then contain functions as well as data.
The command call can be used to call a "member" of an object.
In calling the member-functions, the following steps are performed:
1. the object-dictionary is pushed on the dictionary stack
2. the name is executed in the new dictionary context
3. the object-dictionary is poped off the dictionary stack.
Thus, during the execution of the function, the entire namespace of the
object-dictionary is accessible.
The invocation of call is, thus, comparable but not equivalent
to the following sequence of SLI commands:
/call
{
exch
begin
load exec
end
} def
If the called member is not part of the object dictionary,
an UnknownMember error is raised.
[1] Ruediger Kupper, SLI library management,
HRI-EU Report 06/05, Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, 2006.
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