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From: "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org>
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Subject: Re: Java blunders
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Martin Gregorie wrote:

>
> Same applies to operator overloading: given a CurrentAccount object ca
> and a Payment object p there 's little or no difference in clarity
> between writing
>
> ca.acceptPayment(p);
>
> and
> ca += p;

The latter pattern is used a lot in C# / .Net framework.  For instance you use 
+= to add listeners for events.  It keeps the code short, but does nothing for 
clarity IMO.

Your example of adding a depost to an account using += may make more sense, but 
even there I think it's more "cute" than "clear".  OTOH, if Java had (say) "->" 
and "<-" as generic (not Generic) operators for "putting stuff into places" and 
"getting stuff from places" (pace the discusion elsethread about notation for 
IO), then I'd be all for:

    ca <- p;

    -- chris