Is it wrong that I love this sort of thing?  Alas, I'm a nerd, through and through.

But I must say that i++ spoils all the fun. We are talking about immutable data structures and it mutates 'i'.

Well, the object held in "i" isn't mutated (probably, we can't be sure because maybe "i" isn't an int and there is some funky operator overloading going on) the variable "i" is just set to something else.

Trust your instinct. I am not a compiler who is paranoid of even ++ and the language ain't C# either where overloading + automatcially gives you cousins for free. I must assume that ++ mutates the object it is invoked on.

alright... that was deep;

i now fully appreciate that shirt... as obvious to before you explained it... i didn't get it :]

lol.... I must of re-read your explaination at least 4 times before getting it though;

-mike

O.K. The shirt is fun but a variable is not in the realm of Data Structures!

In this context 'i++' can only mean a better 'i'mmutable Data  Structure! ( as C++ means a better C )

So keep up the good work,

Sasan

For some reason, there's been a lot of buzz lately around immutability in C#. If you're interested in

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