+ '1' ;-)
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Lorenzo Schiavina <[email protected]> wrote: > + 1 > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicolas Cellier" < > nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@**gmail.com <[email protected]>> > To: > <[email protected].**inria.fr<[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 2:16 PM > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] String mathematical operations > > > > +1 > > 2011/9/6 Igor Stasenko <[email protected]>: > >> 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. >> > -- Cheers, Peter
