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From: Ben.Stuyts@p6.f202.n281.z2.fidonet.org (Ben Stuyts)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Overloading?
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Date: 20 Apr 91 06:06:56 GMT
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Today, I was trying to implement a fixed-point math module in M2,
containing routines like Add, Sub, Mul, Div, etc. Using these routines
really clutters your source with statements like:

  a := Add(Mul(b,c),d);

in stead of the more readable:

  a := b*c+d;

So what are people's opinions about adding operator overloading in M2?

Best regards,
Ben


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