How can I add methods to a class at runtime in Smalltalk?

Question

I\'m building a Smalltalk API to an XML-based web service. The XML service is so regular that, rather than write the methods by hand, I figured I\'d just override #doe

Answer 1

I would use block:

himaker := [:name | [:n | n timesRepeat: [Transcript show: 'Hi , ', name, '!']]]
hibob = himaker value: 'bob'.
hialice = himaker value: 'alice'.
hialice value: 2

You can still make himaker a method

himaker: name
    ^[:n | n timesRepeat: [Transcript show: 'Hi, ', name, '!']]