Int.inc() is not int++

#1

Why does
var y = 5
y.inc()

Act more like
var y = 5
y+1

than y++ ?

The operator inc maps to ++ so I would assume the behavior on int would be same…why is it different?

#2

Internally, y++ is turned into something more like:

y = y.inc()

One of the reasons to do it this way is so that the increment operator can work on immutable types (Int is an example of just such a type).

You can read more about how the ++ and -- operators are overloaded here