Editing Lazy initialization (section)

===Smalltalk===
This example is in [[Smalltalk]], of a typical [[accessor method]] to return the value of a variable using lazy initialization.

<syntaxhighlight lang="smalltalk">
    height
        ^height ifNil: [height := 2.0].
</syntaxhighlight>
The 'non-lazy' alternative is to use an initialization method that is run when the object is created and then use a simpler accessor method to fetch the value.

<syntaxhighlight lang="smalltalk">
    initialize
        height := 2.0

    height
        ^height
</syntaxhighlight>

Note that lazy initialization can also be used in non-[[object-oriented language]]s.