Alan G Isaac wrote:
As Tim explained in detail, and as Peter explained with brevity, whether it will happen or not, it should happen. This conversation has confirmed that current behavior is a wart: an error is raised despite correct semantics. Ugly!
The fact that two or three people who agree on something agree on the thing that they agree on confirms nothing. One could just as well argue that summing anything but numbers is semantically incoherent, not correct. Certainly, my dictionary points in that direction.
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