On 5/1/02 1:01 PM, "Nathan Bubna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Daniel said: >> You must read the documentation if you want to know how to concatenate >> strings. It does not mater if the cat. op. is + or : or even -@///@-, >> you still have to find it in the documentation. [snip] > > hmm. maybe we should go with -@///@- as the str cat operator... after all, > notoriety can sometimes be good publicity, right? > > :-) i'm kidding, of course. > > For what it's worth, here's my opinion: > > -1 on overloading '+' > > -1 on using '&' instead > > +1 on using ':' such that: > > #set( $bar = 2 ) > #set( $woogie = $tool.returnArbitraryObject() ) > #set( $foo = "whatever$bar$woogie" ) > > is equivalent to > > #set( $bar = 2 ) > #set( $woogie = $tool.returnArbitraryObject() ) > #set( $foo = 'whatever' : $bar : $woogie ) > > what can i say? i like that best. i'll leave out arguments as i think > pretty much everything's been said. > Why don't you like &? -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "He who throws mud only loses ground." - Fat Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
