On 16.04.2018 14:08, Rick McGuire wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 8:04 AM, Mike Cowlishaw <m...@speleotrove.com
> <mailto:m...@speleotrove.com>>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> One other point I should probably make related to this is that the
> referencing operator
> (currently spelled "&") ...
>
>
> I trust that spelling is still considered an open issue. :-)
>
> I'm warming to using '>' on both sides .. at least it implies some sort
> of movement/look
> elsewhere. My second choice would be '*' (as in C).
>
>
> I could live with '>'. I'm probably as opposed to using '*' as you are to '&'
> :-)
>
>
> All other characters and character combinations that are currently not
> valid as prefix
> operations could be possibilities, with the exception of '&'...
>
> Mike
>
How about using '^' as the operator symbol for "variable reference"?
E.g.:
a = 123
call foo ^a
say a -- displays "124"
::routine foo
use arg ^someVariable
someVariable += 1
return
---rony
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