Darren (>): > Firstly, regarding the string replication ops as documented in Synopsis 3, > 'x' and 'xx', I'm wondering whether it might be better to have something > that incorporates a '~', since that operation is about catenation. > > Would perhaps '~*' work better than 'x' to signify better what the operation > is doing; the '~' in this case means catenation and the '*' is meant to > invoke 'multiply', not 'whatever'. So '~*' means "catenate a multiple of > times". > > This would then free up 'x' to be used for something else, if anything. > > As for a substitution for 'xx', I'm less sure about that. > > Thoughts?
I like 'x' for string replication and 'xx' for list replication. To me, they share a sort of symmetry with '*' and '**' that at least help as a mnemonic to their use. There's a bit of symbolism in using 'x' for strings repetition too. You may want an asterisk in your version of the operator because the asterisk symbolizes multiplication/repetition to you, but the 'x' looks like a cross operator, and indicates to me that some kind of multiplication is going on here, but not the regular one. I can read '$text x 5' as 'dollar text times five' in a way that feels very natural. // Carl
