>I think the prime reason for this is that scala permits operator overloading; more than that, in fact, almost every character can be an identifier.
I've been toying with the idea of trying scala for a serious project for a few months, and this part scares me. It's so obviously a bad idea it makes me wonder what other dumb things are in there.
Those "random rules" make the code base much easier to read. This kind of thing is a big step backwards for people working on large projects, especially people who need to come up to speed on a large code base.
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>I think the prime reason for this is that scala permits operator overloading; more than that, in fact, almost every character can be an identifier.
I've been toying with the idea of trying scala for a serious project for a few months, and this part scares me. It's so obviously a bad idea it makes me wonder what other dumb things are in there.
Scala doesn't permit operator overloading, it doesn't even have operators.
Well, that's true, technically. But can't you name your functions things like "++"?
Yes. Because Scala doesn't make up random rules about how you name your methods.
If you name your method addAll or ++ is pretty much the same. The same rules apply to both. Both can be called the same way:
Those "random rules" make the code base much easier to read. This kind of thing is a big step backwards for people working on large projects, especially people who need to come up to speed on a large code base.