Christophe wrote: > Diez B. Roggisch a écrit : >> The code _generated_ by the java compiler, and the C++ compiler, is not >> the issue here. If you as a programmer can write "a" + "b", its fine. >> Which is a thing to reach in C++, a bazillion of string-classes have been >> written.... >> >> >> and in C++, you can do: >> >> char *a = "1"; >> char *b = "2"; >> char *c = a + b; >> >> But with a totally different, unexpected outcome.. I know where *I* start >> laughing here. > > That code doesn't even compile. And you shouldn't be using the char* > compatibility strings in C++ if possible.
It was out of my head. I remember producing some wicked pointer arithmetic example of similar ridicule. And the whole argument is about java having a lot of design decisions that make it easier to work with is actually strengthened when you say that "you shouldn't use the char* ..." - because its not forbidden, and maybe someone else didn't follow that suggestion. I remember quite a few times calling the stl-string-to-char-function (no idea how that is called now) Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
