> On Oct 19, 2016, at 7:41 AM, Matthew Johnson via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I very much support the proposal to rationalize our handling of identifier 
> characters.  
> 
> I also support doing something similar for operator symbols.  However, I 
> agree feedback from others that this proposal goes way to far in removing our 
> ability to use mathematical operators.  
> 
> If I’m reading the proposal and discussion properly, the group has not able 
> to reach consensus on the right criteria for operator symbols, but is hopeful 
> that will be possible after the Unicode Consortium completes its work.  I 
> think it would be far better to defer the changes to valid operator symbols 
> until that time (removing only symbols which are currently treated as 
> operators but for which the proposal suggests should be available for 
> identifiers instead).

It's more practical to make breaking changes now and introduce the "right set" 
(that is, a standards-based set of mathematical operators) at a future date, 
than to justify keeping things as is and removing operators at a future date.

-- E

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