dictionary/hash and '1' versus 1

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Paddy:
> Not really, it seems to me to be going the exact opposite way with
> languages with automatic type conversions being seen as not suited for
> larger programs.

In Java you can add the number 1 to a string, and have it
automatically converted to string before the string join... What do
you think of that feature?

Bye,
bearophile