On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 01:20:14PM +0100, Rhodri James wrote:
> On 04/06/2019 11:06, Yanghao Hua wrote:
> >[...] what I needed is an operator that does not
> >collide with all existing number/matrix operators.
>
> Why?
>
> That's the question that in all your thousands of words of argument you
> still haven't answered beyond "because I want it."
(1) Because they're already being used. That rules out operators that
are supported by numbers at least, since the primitive values in his
code are numbers.
So once you remove the operators supported by numbers:
+ - * / // & ** ^ & | << >> ~ < > <= >= == !=
(have I missed any?) I think that only leaves @ remaining.
(2) Because things which act different should look different, and things
which act similar should look similar. Yanghao Hua wants an operator
which suggests a kind of assignment. Out of the remaining set of
operators, which one do you think suggests assignment?
--
Steven
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