RE: [sv-ec] RE: [sv-bc] 5.15.3 Array reduction methods - result type

From: Bresticker, Shalom <shalom.bresticker_at_.....>
Date: Fri Jun 30 2006 - 00:09:51 PDT
But if it exists, it should be done The Right Way, according to what
users need and want. Even more so if there are situations where there is
not another option. And Chris Spear tells me that users fall on this
time and again.

> Note that you do have a way to work around the problem in many
> situations:
> stop using these methods and write a foreach loop to perform the sum
> yourself, using an accumulator of whatever size you want.  I am not
fond
> of the idea of having built-in methods for things that are trivial to
> write
> for yourself.  Apparently these methods were added primarily for use
in
> constraints, where that is not an option.

Shalom
Received on Fri Jun 30 00:11:01 2006

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