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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: About conversions
Date: 2000/11/21
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In article <3A1AB12E.8780B626@home.com>,
  "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@home.com> wrote:
> This is not only inconvenient

convenience of the writer is simply not a factor that should
ever be taken significantly into consideration.

> Consequently, I like the feature ;-)

If you use this feature, you will most definitely confuse
the reader, especially in the case of an out parameter,
precisely because the syntax is so confusing. Note that
the original questioner here was justifiably confused,
and in my experience, this is a construct that confuses
a good number of people.

A careful programmer avoids constructs that confuse lots of
people, even if they understand the construct perfectly
themselves.



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