> On Oct 20, 2016, at 5:03 PM, Jonathan S. Shapiro via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Jonathan Hull via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote: > Would it be possible to do the following: > > • Have 1 group which are always used as identifiers. This would probably be > the identifiers from this proposal. > > • Have a 2nd group which are always used as operators (quite a bit larger > than the group proposed by this proposal). At a minimum, the following ascii > + set operators + math operators: > (± ≠ ≤ ≥ ¿ ¡ ™ ¢ ¶ • ° ƒ © √ ∆ ◊ § ≈ ∫ ÷ ¬ ). > > • Everything else is in a 3rd group. > > No. This is far, far too complicated, and it mixes up the layers of the > compilation process.
Right. Any proposal that changes parser behavior based on a visible operator declaration will break the ability for Swift to separately compile files. This will have massive tooling ramifications that are almost certainly a non-starter. -Chris
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