Appeal No. 1997-2467 Page 3
Application No. 08/509,753
the concepts of ordinary functions and methods, their
construct simplifies language semantics.
Claim 15, which is representative for our purposes,
follows:
15. An arrangement for using a method object in
accordance with a dynamic object-oriented
programming language of a computer, said arrangement
comprising:
a memory for storing the method object, the method
object comprising:
a header field having a starting memory address;
a method-information field located at a first offset
from the starting memory address, said method-information
field containing a predetermined address value;
a function-prolog field of code located at a second
offset from the starting memory address; and
a method body field located at said predetermined
address value from the starting memory address, said
method body field containing program code for execution
by said computer, and
a processor for invoking said method object in
response to entering said method object at one of a first
entry point and a second entry point, wherein said first
entry point is different from said second entry point.
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