Examples of Incorrect Abstractions in Other Languages

Re:Examples of Incorrect Abstractions in Other Languages by uryga on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:01AM (#23245438)

so you'd expect this behavior?

  sum("abc") =
  sum(ord(c) for c in "abc") =
  sum([97, 98, 99]) =
  294

because wow, i... can't think of why you'd ever actually want that. (though it'd be perfectly natural for byte arrays)

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Re:Examples of Incorrect Abstractions in Other Languages by stouset on Thursday May 21, 2020 @05:12PM (#23265403)

Byte arrays sure. Not strings. This is why having clear types is important! Strings aren't just byte arrays. Characters aren't just bytes.

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