Re: block in recursion, Any cure for that kind of situation?

>>>>> "Hilaire" == Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Hilaire> I got an error "Attempt to evaluate a block that is already being 
evaluated",
Hilaire> when I call in recursion a block like

Hilaire> carre := [:s1 :s2 :s3 :s4 :n |
Hilaire>        n >0 ifTrue:
Hilaire>                [carre valueWithArguments:  {(segment value: s1 value: 
s2).
Hilaire>                         (segment value: s2 value: s3).
Hilaire>                         (segment value: s3 value: s4).
Hilaire>                         (segment value: s1 value: s4).
Hilaire>                         n-1}]]

This is a maintenance nightmare waiting to happen.  Use a proper method call,
perhaps creating a "manager" class to manage the workflow, and so you don't
have to keep passing segment around.

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