On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 06:18:38PM +0000, Mark via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Friday, 22 September 2017 at 17:11:56 UTC, Ilya Yaroshenko wrote: > > Should we add `a * b` to ndslice for 1d vectors? > > Discussion at https://github.com/libmir/mir-algorithm/issues/91 > > Generally I expect that a binary operation denoted by + or * would produce > an element from the original domain, e.g. multiplying two matrices yields a > matrix, concatenating two strings yields a string, etc. So personally I > don't like this notation. > > Note that in the case of 3-dimensional vectors, people might confuse this > for the cross product. I would go with dot(a,b) and cross(a,b) (if you > support it).
With UFCS, you have the slightly nicer notation a.dot(b) and a.cross(b). T -- Claiming that your operating system is the best in the world because more people use it is like saying McDonalds makes the best food in the world. -- Carl B. Constantine
