String concatenation
I wanted to build a simple logMessage function which looks like this: 'Simple logging with timestamp sub logMessage(message as String) 'Get local time date = CreateObject("roDateTime") date.t...
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"RokuMarkn" wrote:
The requirement to explicitly convert to a string is handled different in different languages. For example, in Java an object is automatically converted to a string when necessary, while in Javascript and C++ an explicit conversion is required, like in Brightscript.
Javascript does automatic type coercions, which is evil, see https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat past the 1min mark (esp. the "nanananana watman" finale).
It leads to deeply mystifying bugs and should not be done, shows experience of language makers (alas too late for J/S).
OTOH, having `sprintf` equivalent might be good.
