See https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8487
On Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 10:16:37 AM UTC-4, Stefan Karpinski wrote: > > No, it's just a matter of changing the parser to accept that – and > convincing people that it's a good idea. > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 9:39 AM, DNF <oyv...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> On Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 2:29:54 PM UTC+1, Stefan Karpinski >> wrote: >>> >>> I think we're getting into Parkinson's law territory here. First off, I >>> don't think this causes all that much confusion. Second, since this is pure >>> syntax involving a keyword no less, this is one of the easiest things to >>> mechanically fix should we chose to do so in the future. >>> >> >> Fair enough. Could I just ask a question out of curiosity (not to try to >> convince anyone of anything)? >> >> Are there any technical problems (or other problems) associated with >> getting '∈' to work as a keyword, such as >> for i ∈ etc... >> ? >> > >
