startWith

>>-startWith(messagename,arguments)--------------------------------><

Returns a message object (see ) and sends it a [start] message to start concurrent processing. The object receiving the message [messagename] processes this message concurrently with the sender's continued processing.

The [messagename] can be a string or an array. If [messagename] is an array object, its first item is the name of the message and its second item is a class object to use as the starting point for the method search. For more information, see .

The [arguments] argument must be a single-dimension array instance. Any values contained in [arguments] are passed to the receiver as arguments for [messagename] in the order you specify them.

When the receiver object has finished processing the message, the message object retains its result and holds it until the sender requests it by sending a [result] message. For further details, see .

Object class - startWith method

world=.WorldObject~new
msg1=world~startWith("HELLO", .array~of("Fred")                /* same as next line     */
msg2=.message~new(world,"HELLO", 'i', .array~of("Fred"))~~start  /* same as previous line */

say msg1~result           /* Produces Hello Fred 21:04:25.065000  */
                          /* for example                          */
say msg2~result           /* Produces Hello Fred 21:04:25.081000  */
                          /* for example                          */

::class 'WorldObject' public
::method hello
  use arg name
  return "Hello" name time('L')