In the online reference manual, the volatile method is documented under Class, meaning it would be a class procedure. However the way it is demonstrated is:
Object new -volatile
Which would mean the object's [volatile] method is called. If [volatile] was actually a class procedure, then the object instance would not see it. In fact, it makes little sense that it would be a class procedure instead of one that can be applied to any object. Or have I missed something here?
In a similar vein, can [volatile] be called at any point, not just during object instantiation? I might be getting an object returned from somewhere else and, in that proc, I may want to make it volatile so as to not have to worry about the point of destruction.