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soc.me · May 12, 2017

Language Design: Implicit Numeric Conversions

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TL;DR: The desire to make unrelated types act as if they were in a sub-typing relationship, which neither exists nor should exist, combined with syntax sugar that makes static dispatch look like dynamic dispatch creates a perfect storm of unintended, harmful consequences. Implicit numeric conversions 1 are a special compiler feature in Scala that adds “convenience” conversions between number…

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