On Oct 9, 4:11 am, atrepp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are surely right about the utility of Number object over > primitives and the overhead it can be. I use the Number Constructor to > parse string and convert to Number and store it like that in my cache.
Why don't you use `Number` (as a function, not as a constructor) to type convert string into a number? > In the cache, there are other custom objects that inherits from > Number. I still don't see why not just use primitives (letting interpreter take care of object conversion)? > Cordially, > Alex -- kangax > > On 8 oct, 21:15, Tom Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > (I would go a step further, and suggest use of the object wrappers to > > be "less-good" design because of the extra code required to use 'em.) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---