[1050] in java-interest
Re: overloading of operators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Metcalf)
Thu Aug 17 19:09:26 1995
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 95 08:12:04 HST
From: metcalf@akala.IFA.Hawaii.Edu (Tom Metcalf)
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: Mail from 'owner-java-interest-digest@java.sun.com'
dated: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 07:19:07 -0700
>Tako Schotanus <Tako.Schotanus@bouw.tno.nl> wrote:
>Subject: Re: overloading of operators
>
>At 10:40 15-08-95 -0700, Terence John Parr wrote:
>>Hi gang,
>
>>This is how C++ started: never saying no to new features. Remember just
>>because you can do it, doesn't mean it's a good idea. Ask yourself which
>>of the following is easier to understand (yes, even you have
>>to understand your code later):
>>
>>database.addRecord(foo);
>>database += foo;
>
>True, but on the other hand... I wouldn't use it for this :)
>I just like to see A + B where A and B could be complex numbers or
>matrices. But it seems I'm alone in this *sigh*
>
No, you're not alone. I'd like to see this too.
Tom
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