[1072] in java-interest
Re: Operator Overloading
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Wason)
Fri Aug 18 00:22:59 1995
To: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
In-Reply-To: Message from Thomas.Ball@eng.sun.com (Thomas Ball)
of "Tue, 15 Aug 95 09:25:30 -0700." <9508151625.AA27876@alapa.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 95 12:31:22 -0400
From: Andrew Wason <aw@bae.bellcore.com>
Thomas.Ball@eng.sun.com (Thomas Ball) writes:
> You'll
> find it much more difficult to come up with a compelling example using
> any of Java's AWT or Net classes.
Here's an example from a commercial class library (I think it's
more revolting than compelling).
This is a snippet of code from some product literature for the
Zinc Application Framework:
// Add the movie control window
*windowManager + new MOVIE_CONTROL;
Apparently this adds a new widget to the applications main
window. The comment next to this says "Use the overloaded +
operator to write clear, intuitive code". Zinc has other
interesting uses of overloaded operators.
This is what happens when you provide a language feature like
operator overloading, many people can't stop themselves from
using it everywhere possible. Operator overloading is like an
addictive drug to them.
Andrew
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