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 <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
>                ^ self class new: self size * count streamContents: [ :stream|
>                        count timesRepeat: [ stream << self ]].
>
> cami
>
>



-- 
Best regards,
Igor Stasenko.

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