Peter Ludemann writes: > From a mathematical point of view, x+y is equivalent to y+x,
Yes, other things being equal, mathematical purists would prefer '*' to '+' for string concatenation *because* it's not commutative, but they're not equal. I imagine a good majority of folks can guess what '" " * 8' and '"foot" + "ball"' mean, but they'd have a lot of trouble even with '"two" * "two"' and '" " + 8'. > "++", "--", etc. would have been better choices for operators I don't think I agree that proliferating operator symbols for different types is a better idea. I think making judicious choices for overloading (with the default being Just Say No) is the best we're going to get. Steve _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/NONOTHYQ6PBKIOAGFIFRYKE5M2KHYYNC/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
