From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Operators -> unit analysis
Date: 2000/01/06
Date: 2000-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <850tl9$thu$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 387383D0.4EA02E95@earthlink.net
In article <387383D0.4EA02E95@earthlink.net>,
Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Terry Sikes wrote:
>
> > ...
> > One thing I'd like to see in both languages is the ability
to use a
> > set of non-reserved Unicode symbols for operator
overloading, to
> > disambiguate with the normal operator symbols.
> >
> > Terry
> > --
> > tsikes@netcom.com
>
> I don't insist on unicode, but I would also like more
operators that could
> be overloaded.
This was an issue discussed at length during the design, and
the great majority felt it was an unnecessary complexification
to add such operators. Even a limited proposal to add a single
operator to be used for "almost implicit" conversions failed.
I don't see what has changed to make it worth rearguing the
point.
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Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-12-23 0:00 Ada Brijesh
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada reason67
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Terry Sikes
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Hyman Rosen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Hyman Rosen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Robert A Duff
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Hyman Rosen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Richard D Riehle
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Hyman Rosen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Richard D Riehle
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Robert A Duff
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Florian Weimer
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Hyman Rosen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Brian Rogoff
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Terry Sikes
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Operators -> unit analysis Charles Hixson
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-10 0:00 ` Operator precedence--was " Howard W. LUDWIG
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Terry Sikes
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Terry Sikes
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-10 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-01-10 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Terry Sikes
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Ada Terry Sikes
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Ada Al Christians
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Ada Terry Sikes
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada Roger Racine
1999-12-28 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
1999-12-31 0:00 ` Ada Richard D Riehle
2000-01-02 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
2000-01-02 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-02 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Roger Racine
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Larry Kilgallen
2000-01-04 0:00 ` Ada Charles Hixson
2000-01-03 0:00 ` Ada Ted Dennison
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ada Magnus Alexandersson
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ada Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ada Larry Kilgallen
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ada Magnus Alexandersson
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ada Marin D. Condic
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ada Magnus Alexandersson
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada Jon Jensen
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada Greg Martin
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ada tmoran
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2000-01-08 0:00 Operators -> Unit Analysis mfeldman
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