Re: Implicit vs. explicit type casting with Pike

On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 11:33:54PM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote:

FWIW, I have just asked an English native speaker about how does he interpret the message. The conclusion was that the _m_delete function expected an object as a parameter.

both interpretations are indeed possible

expected wheels with car

would usually be understood as "i expected the car to have wheels" just as:

expected car with wheels

both could also mean: "i expected the wheels to come attached to a car" but that interpreatation is less likely because here it is abvious that the main subject is the car.

for something as abstract as programming code the main subject is not at all abvious and mis interpretations are more likely.

greetings, martin.