[1076] in java-interest
Re: overloading of operators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dany St-Amant)
Fri Aug 18 00:50:45 1995
From: Dany St-Amant <staman00@gel.ulaval.ca>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 13:18:05 -0400
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
Hi,
I'm not in favor of Op-Ov, because the code become harder to read. As an example the famous '+' overloading for string concentation is not the meaning of '+' when i'm typing on a keyboard. When I want to write a "a grave" (french is my mother tongue) for example i have to do 'grave' + 'a'. Then the '+' for char can mean overstriking.
Yes, Op-Ov will be useful for matrix and complex number. Why not let Sun
implement them... (matric and complex number, not Op-Ov)
A confusing mathematical example is vector, which of the product will the '*' mean, dot-product or cross-product?
Another example where Op-Ov will be useful (after those who want Op-0v) is graphical. But those the '&' will mean the logical and (intersection of) or the human and (union of)...
BTW, for implementing Op-Ov in C++, designer had to add the reference type. Does Java will have to get this mixing concept to support Op-Ov?
If the answer is no, maybe the 'c = a complexAdd b' is a good concept to look at.
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