"Noel J. Bergman" wrote:

> For example, could one seriously suggest that "Color fromString: '#FFCCAA'"
> is unclear or inconvenient compared to '#FFCCAA' asColor", or that it would
> be worth polluting the String interface for the perceived convenience, were
> someone so inclined?

But then you are giving up polymorphism:
aVariableContainingAColorOrBitMapOrStringOrWhatever asColor

Michael

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