[Gambas-user] Array.Sort

[Lewis Balentine]

On 01/08/2015 07:19 AM, Tobias Boege wrote:
> Array.Sort() is a *method* :-)

The basic (pun intended) elements of all OOP languages are classes 
constructed of properties and methods.
--- you got me on that one

In GAMBAS there seem to be several class methods defined that sometimes 
require parenthesis and sometimes do not. I was trying to 
determine/define the conditions that delimit when those parenthesis are 
required using familiar BASIC terms ... as in:
     Public/Private Function  foo () as data type
     Public/Private Sub  foo ()
both of which I believe are appropriately considered methods in OOP 
languages.

I believe my second formal computer class was MBASIC on a Osborn CPM 
computer (4 inch green screen). I am trying to recall if the term 
"Function" was defined in that language but those gray cells are no 
longer responding reliably. The other option was "Go to" that eventually 
evolved into "Public/Private Sub". At the time we called those 
"procedures".  I still call them "procedures" to distinguish them from a 
"function" that by definition is supposed to return something.

Take a look at what I put in the WiKi and let me know if I should change it.
http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb/string[]/sort
... and if someone insists I will go back and change the variables to 
Hungarian notation but personally I find it more confusing than enlighting.

Cheers,

Lewis