[Python-Dev] string.find() again (was Re: timsort for jython)

Andrew Koenig ark@research.att.com
06 Aug 2002 11:26:31 -0400


Guido> Yeah, once you allow overloading, you can't prevent abuse.  I've heard
Guido> of bad C++ programmers who write A+B meaning an assignment to A.

That kind of thing is uncommon, partly because it can't be done for
built-in types.  Such practices are widely derided in the C++
community, too.

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