From: Raul Jara <raul.c.jara@...>
Date: 2010-02-20T07:02:08+09:00
Subject: Re: strings combine

Justin Collins wrote:
> Raul Jara wrote:
>>>> be concatenated, why program that behavior into the parser?
>> into
>> x.+(y)
>>
>> ?
>>
>> Or if you only think strings should work that way, and not numbers:
>>
>> x.concat(y)
>>   
> 
> Because
> 
> x y
> 
> already means
> 
> x(y)
> 
> 
> -Justin

But the parser knows what's a method and what's a variable, right? (I'm 
asking.  I assume so but I really don't know.)  If it knows what is a 
variable and what is a method, it can define x y as x(y) when x is a 
method, and x y as x.+(y) when x is a variable.  Right?

I'm not trying to prove a point, or anything.  I'm just trying to 
understand if there is a rationale behind this decision that I'm not 
seeing.
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