Why no i++ in Scala?

Question

I just wonder why there is no i++ to increase a number. As what I know, languages like Ruby or Python doesn\'t support it because they are dynamically typed. So

Answer 1

You could simulate it, though. As a trivial example:

scala> case class IncInt(var self: Int = 0) { def ++ { self += 1 } }
defined class IncInt

scala> val i = IncInt()
i: IncInt = IncInt(0)

scala> i++

scala> i++

scala> i
res28: IncInt = IncInt(2)

Add some implicit conversions and you're good to go. However, this sort of changes the question into: why isn't there a mutable RichInt with this functionality?