I believe it is unlikely we will add Unicode _operators_. We may support mathematical characters as Unicode identifiers, depending on the use-case. :)
On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 4:43 AM Kip <kipco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Today Elixir allows a very flexible set of Unicode characters to form part > of an identifier (there is a Unicode standard for this). There is a > limited set of reserved operators permitted as well. > > This proposal seeks to assess if there is any support to some or all of > the Unicode Mathematical Symbols block to the list of allowed user defined > operators. > > * The increased focus on numerical computation in Elixir could benefit > from an expressive set of operators > > * Certain operators like the "set" (element, union, intersection, ....) > operators reflect the list/set operations in common use in Elixir across > enumerables, lists, map sets and maps. > > * Certain mathematical expressions are more readily expressed with infix > notation (especially when the implementation represents a formula from > published works). I am finding this to be true in my own work in Image > (image processing) and Tempo (time expressions). I suspect this would be > true for numerical computations in Nx but have not validated this. > > * These operators do no clash with any existing operators so would not > introduce backward compatibility issues and would require minimal changes > to the Elixir lexer (an assumption by me) > > 1. Mathematical Symbols > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_operators_and_symbols_in_Unicode#Mathematical_Operators_block> > > -- > 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/2d5e34dd-314b-4a5e-b490-f1b8d2c4f096n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/2d5e34dd-314b-4a5e-b490-f1b8d2c4f096n%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-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4K_S8VvuQ%3DALb94GYYpzTuZSAN7Zzg-en5Mh0WDeyQhzA%40mail.gmail.com.
