GCC has min and max operators, and the syntax is very clever: min = a <? b; max = a >? b; Ie, a shorthand of the ?: operator, in a similar way that C# has '??' (another really nice shorthand).
On 2 March 2013 10:20, bearophile <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe #* #max #min? (Also usable with a "=" prefix, #=* #=max #=min). >> > > Sorry, I meant postfix: > > #*= #max= #min= > > So instead of: > > foo = min(foo, bar); > foo = foo.min(bar); > > You write: > > foo #min= bar; > > (This syntax is generalizable to any diadic function. But I don't think D > has to go there.) > > > An alternative syntax: > > @* @max @min @*= @max= @min= > > Another alternative syntax for the second multiplication operator: > > auto M3 = M1 ^* M2; > > Having all future D scientific libraries use the same nice and clean > standard operator has some advantages. > > Bye, > bearophile >
