[Laszlo-dev] LzNode.determinePlacement

[Jim Grandy]

On Nov 1, 2006, at 11:27 AM, P T Withington wrote:

>> But the "args" parameter to determinePlacement is the parameter  
>> passed into LzNode.construct. It's just passed through to  
>> determinePlacement in case someone wants to grovel through the  
>> init args when deciding placement.
>
> Er, we're missing here.  args !== arguments.  What I wrote:
>
>   super.determinePlacement.apply(this, arguments);
>
> is the 'standard' way to invoke the method you overrode with the  
> same arguments you were called with.  (I.e., it solves Jason's  
> problem with having to guess how many arguments you were called with).
>
> The only thing that is stopping us from doing that is that the  
> parser will not parse super.x.apply(...) as a super call.  I guess  
> I should fix that, because it really is the right way to do it.

Yup, you are right. Sorry for the confusion!

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