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Re: [XOM-interest] RFE: Element.appendChild(String text) shouldreturn "this" for chaining

From: John Cowan <jcowan AT reutershealth.com>
To: passani AT eunet.no
Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] RFE: Element.appendChild(String text) shouldreturn "this" for chaining
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:50:26 -0400

passani AT eunet.no scripsit:

> he says ythat, given the way generics were introduced,
> one just gets a shorthand
> for casting objects, rather than anything as powerful at templates
> in C++ (not that I really know what Templates are all about...)

<rant>Given that C++ templates are Turing-complete, they are actually a
convoluted and difficult method for executing code at compile time.
If you want Lisp macros or Perl BEGIN blocks, you know where to
find them, and they are smoothly integrated with the rest of the
language.

Templates are just another part of the autonavelization of C++.</rant>

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[XOM-interest] RFE: Element.appendChild(String text) should return "this" for chaining, Wolfgang Hoschek, 08/16/2004
- Re: [XOM-interest] RFE: Element.appendChild(String text) should return "this" for chaining, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 08/16/2004
  - Re: [XOM-interest] RFE: Element.appendChild(String text) should return "this" for chaining, Wolfgang Hoschek, 08/16/2004
- Re: [XOM-interest] RFE: Element.appendChild(String text) should return "this" for chaining, Stefan Matthias Aust, 08/17/2004
  - Re: [XOM-interest] RFE: Element.appendChild(String text) should return "this" for chaining, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 08/17/2004
    - Re: [XOM-interest] RFE: Element.appendChild(String text) shouldreturn "this" for chaining, passani, 08/17/2004
      - Re: [XOM-interest] RFE: Element.appendChild(String text) shouldreturn "this" for chaining, Stefan Matthias Aust, 08/17/2004
      - Re: [XOM-interest] RFE: Element.appendChild(String text) shouldreturn "this" for chaining, John Cowan, 08/17/2004