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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lhs and rhs are much better than x and y

[–] exussum 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In what way? If you encountered a function that had x and y which just added them together, that's not readable enough?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well in a vacuum yes sure, you're right, but in practice there's always some context. x and y could be referring to axes, where an addition makes little sense. However lhs and rhs make more sense if you're overloading an operator