[Pharo-project] String mathematical operations

2011-09-06 Thread Camillo Bruni
We still have a lot of awkward methods on String for doing math: String #* arg ^ arg adaptToString: self andSend: #* Who is relying on them? I would like to deprecate them all :D I guess some binary math selectors might make sense String #* count

Re: [Pharo-project] String mathematical operations

2011-09-06 Thread Igor Stasenko
personally, i prefer a strict-typing behavior when using arithmetics. for that reason, i prefer seeing error in someString + 4 or 4 + someString but not automagical conversion. On 6 September 2011 13:57, Camillo Bruni camillo.br...@inria.fr wrote: We still have a lot of awkward methods on

Re: [Pharo-project] String mathematical operations

2011-09-06 Thread Lukas Renggli
On 6 September 2011 12:57, Camillo Bruni camillo.br...@inria.fr wrote: We still have a lot of awkward methods on String for doing math:        String #* arg                ^ arg adaptToString: self andSend: #* +1 for killing that. Who is relying on them? E-Toys was using that. I would

Re: [Pharo-project] String mathematical operations

2011-09-06 Thread Nicolas Cellier
+1 2011/9/6 Igor Stasenko siguc...@gmail.com: personally, i prefer a strict-typing behavior when using arithmetics. for that reason, i prefer seeing error in someString + 4 or 4 + someString but not automagical conversion. On 6 September 2011 13:57, Camillo Bruni camillo.br...@inria.fr

Re: [Pharo-project] String mathematical operations

2011-09-06 Thread Camillo Bruni
… and deprecated it is :P On 2011-09-06, at 14:16, Nicolas Cellier wrote: +1 2011/9/6 Igor Stasenko siguc...@gmail.com: personally, i prefer a strict-typing behavior when using arithmetics. for that reason, i prefer seeing error in someString + 4 or 4 + someString but not

Re: [Pharo-project] String mathematical operations

2011-09-06 Thread Philippe Marschall
On 09/06/2011 01:06 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote: personally, i prefer a strict-typing behavior when using arithmetics. for that reason, i prefer seeing error in someString + 4 or 4 + someString but not automagical conversion. +1 Cheers Philippe

Re: [Pharo-project] String mathematical operations

2011-09-06 Thread Lorenzo Schiavina
+ 1 - Original Message - From: Nicolas Cellier nicolas.cellier.aka.n...@gmail.com To: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] String mathematical operations +1 2011/9/6 Igor Stasenko siguc...@gmail.com: personally, i

Re: [Pharo-project] String mathematical operations

2011-09-06 Thread Peter Hugosson-Miller
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] String mathematical operations +1 2011/9/6 Igor Stasenko siguc...@gmail.com: personally, i prefer a strict-typing behavior when using arithmetics. for that reason, i prefer seeing error in someString + 4 or 4