object<-convert

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        object<-_arg
        
        object<-_arity
        
        object<-_class_name
        
        object<-_flags
        
        object<-_inspect
        
        object<-_man_id
        
        object<-_references
        
        object<-_slot
        
        object<-_class
        
        object<-all_constraints
        
        object<-all_get_methods
        
        object<-all_hypers
        
        object<-all_send_methods
        
        object<-all_attributes
        
        object<-attribute
        
        object<-class
        
        object<-class_name
        
        object<-class_variable_value
        
        object<-clone
        
        object<-convert
        
        object<-create_context
        
        object<-find_all_send_methods
        
        object<-find_hyper
        
        object<-functor
        
        object<-get_class
        
        object<-get_hyper
        
        object<-send_method
        
        object<-get_method
        
        object<-get_sub
        
        object<-get_super
        
        object<-get_vector
        
        object<-hypered
        
        object<-inspect
        
        object<-lock_object
        
        object<-object_reference
        
        object<-print_name
        
        object<-protect
        
        object<-references
        
        object<-report_to
        
        object<-self
        
        object<-slot
        
        object<-storage_reference
        
        object<-unlock

object <-convert: int|char_array -> object

The method object<-convert is called by type<-translate, part of the generic type-checking and type conversion system. It is not a normal method not the receiver, but the result is an instance of the class on which the method is defined. The receiver is normally the class.

The task of the object<-convert method is to translate the argument into an instance of the requested type.

For class object itself no translation is necessary as anything in PCE already is an instance of class object. This method will therefore never be called directly by the PCE type conversion system. This method translates a text (char_array object) of the form @<name> into an object if <name> is a valid object reference. This method is useful for defining other conversion functions.