Re: Array initialisation
Joshua Cranmer wrote:
Daniel Pitts wrote:
Patricia Shanahan wrote:
I often choose arrays in preference to collections because of the better
notation for accessing and changing elements. Much more to do with code
clarity than with performance.
Alas, if only Java supported proper operator overloading :-/
The two instances in which I can support operator overloading:
1. Bracketed access for Collection-types (probably limited to integer
indices, although a special type for Maps wouldn't be too bad).
2. +,-,*,/ for near-numeric types (i.e., BigDecimal and BigInteger).
These have some potential commutativity concerns, so I wouldn't be too
miffed if this aspect were left out (although limited operator
overloading without touching basic mathematical operations is... almost
pointless).
How do you define "near-numeric"? All values of BigDecimal are numbers,
but double has non-numeric values, so BigDecimal seems nearer to numeric
than double to me.
Mixed type operations can create a lot of complications, so I would
rather favor no implicit conversion for the overloaded operators.
Why not "%"?
Patricia
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