Please do send a PR. On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 10:43 AM Ivan Rublev <ivan.rublev.busin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Elixir Core members, > > Are any objections against adding +++ and --- with right associativity to > the list of custom operators? > > On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 12:32:05 PM UTC+2, Ivan Rublev wrote: >> >> Ok. I'm good with that. >> >> It'd be great to work on dismissing the possibility of | redefinition >> and adding support for right-associative +++/2 and ---/2 to be able to >> be redefined as custom operators. I have time to work on this. >> >> How can we proceed? >> >> On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 2:23:59 PM UTC+2, José Valim wrote: >>> >>> We don't plan to introduce any non-ascii operator to the language. >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 2:19 PM Louis Pilfold <lo...@lpil.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Hiya >>>> >>>> While I'm a big fan of editor customising I think it's important to >>>> make technology as accessible as possible. Maybe people (most?) will not >>>> know how to either type these characters with their keyboard or know how to >>>> configure their editor to enter them on their behalf. Adoption will be slow >>>> and the language will seem unfriendly if its features are not usable by >>>> all. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Louis >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, 15 Apr 2020, 13:13 Ivan Rublev, <ivan.rubl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks for your comment. It may seem frustrating to use a shortcut to >>>>> enter a symbol, especially when it's not engraved on a keyboard. Same >>>>> time, >>>>> we use shortcuts every day to speed up input. >>>>> Emacs and Vim are enhanced editors. And I'm glad to hear that you use >>>>> them. Emacs is very tweakable, and this is one of the brilliant properties >>>>> of this tool that you can adjust for your comfort. F.e. adding >>>>> (global-set-key >>>>> [?\M-\q] [?\x00AB]) to the Emacs Init File gives you « symbol entered >>>>> when you press Alt+q. And a key combination suitable for you can be >>>>> assigned. Vim supports special symbols entered as-is coming from the OS >>>>> input subsystem. F.e. in MacOS Vim, you can press the Alt+\ and have « >>>>> symbol entered when in Input mode. >>>>> >>>>> A new operator should be easily typed in as many keyboard layouts as >>>>> possible. Primarily because of that, these symbols « µ ¶ ¿ were >>>>> suggested. >>>>> Please, see input support for these symbols with US-international / >>>>> UK-extended / German layouts in different OSes: >>>>> Windows (Alt + key): >>>>> https://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/windows/codeint/#foreign >>>>> Linux (Compose key shortcuts): >>>>> https://fsymbols.com/keyboard/linux/compose/ >>>>> macOS (Alt + key): https://fsymbols.com/keyboard/mac/ >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 9:06:29 PM UTC+2, me wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> > Is it a ridiculous idea to add one of those symbols as a new >>>>>> operator >>>>>> > with the right to left associativity? >>>>>> >>>>>> As an Emacs (and light Vim) user, I would personally suggest against >>>>>> something like this. At least in Emacs, it is not as simple as just >>>>>> alt+keys in order to get these characters. And even if it were, >>>>>> newcomers to the language, and people who rarely use these operators, >>>>>> will have to lookup the key combination, or figure out how to do such >>>>>> a >>>>>> thing in their editor. >>>>>> >>>>>> I would suggest that if any new operators were added to the language, >>>>>> they should be easily typed in as many keyboard layouts as possible. >>>>>> >>>>>> Justin >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to elixir-l...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/f8ebb77a-540d-44d1-bbee-8efbb101d981%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/f8ebb77a-540d-44d1-bbee-8efbb101d981%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to elixir-l...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CABu8xFDLGqx2kZV%2BCy7jjxesVHtVqC7KSEQTy%3DFURba06SYEUw%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CABu8xFDLGqx2kZV%2BCy7jjxesVHtVqC7KSEQTy%3DFURba06SYEUw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/080c8c18-6d5a-4fa4-934c-26a3d5f06e92%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/080c8c18-6d5a-4fa4-934c-26a3d5f06e92%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. 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