Re: Infix "*" in ABSTRACT_STRING

[Patrick Cloarec]

right ;-) that's definitely not commutative.

I just disliske the fact that an infix has to be a feature of the class 
of the left object.

It seems not natural to me to write "Ho, "*3 while 3*"Ho, " is not 
possible. I just can't write the scalar value as right parameter.

It is unnatural to me to define a binary operator as the feature of the 
class of one object. infix is the less intuitive construction offered by 
Eiffel, in my humble opinion.

Le 29/12/2023 à 18:23, Eric Bezault a écrit :
> On 29/12/2023 15:25, Patrick Cloarec wrote:
> > I wouldn't use an infix operator for that purpose : it wouldn't be 
> > commutative 
>
> Note that infix "+" is not commutative either.
> "Hello " + "World!" is not the same as
> "World!" + "Hello ". It is nevertheless a
> convenient operator to use.