On Thursday 08 March 2007 14:41, Robert Fischer wrote:
> > However, operator overloading (i.e. overloading symbols) makes numerical
> > code so much easier to read that it is worth sacrificing some inference
> > for it.
>
> Unless, of course, you like to know what it is you're actually doing.

As overloads are statically resolved in F#, you just hover the mouse to find 
out which overload is being used. So you know immediately what the code is 
actually doing.

> I highly suggest checking out the Programmer-to-Programmer book on C# and
> their conversation about operator overloading.  They do a nice job
> documenting just why it's such a dangerous tool in the toolbox.

Well, I've spent the past few months writing F# code full time and I can 
definitely say that this aspect of F# is better. Of course, you'll have to 
read F# for Scientists to find out why. ;-)

-- 
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
OCaml for Scientists
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists