Question about String.Mid() in ZScript

[Nash]

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class<Weapon> cls = "LADWeapon" .. String.Format("%s", character.eqWeapon.GetClassName()).Mid("LADItem".Length());
 

My question is about my usage of .Mid() here. How I place a string literal in there, and then append a .Length() to the right of it.

Is this supposed to work? I mean, it gives me the result that I expect, but... is this supposed to work? I find it weird that it works because according to .Mid's signature in base.zs, the first argument is supposed to be an int...

[_mental_]

The first argument of Mid() is "LADItem".Length() which has integer type.

[Nash]

I'm aware that Length() returns an int :D ... I just wasn't sure it's okay to append the method to a string literal. Maybe I'm just inexperienced because I've never come across a programming language where you can call methods directly to the right of string literals.

(I would have assumed a string would have to be placed into a variable first before a method like .Length() could be called on it)

[Graf Zahl]

In Objective-C you can call string methods on a literal so it's not something I invented. It was more or less an accident that it works and never planned.

[Nash]

Alright, see that was why I asked. :) Since they weren't intended; should I continue to use it, or should I move these strings to a variable? What's the likelihood of this not working in future updates?

[Graf Zahl]

Considering that someone else already asked about functions that do NOT work when being used like this I think we can assume that this is already out in the wild.