And the overjoyed operator: \o/
> On 7 Feb 2017, at 08:04, Slava Pestov via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I really have nothing to add to this discussion, except for this fun fact: > apparently, the backslash was added to ASCII so you could write /\ and \/ > operators: http://www.bobbemer.com/BACSLASH.HTM > > Slava > >> On Feb 5, 2017, at 7:29 AM, Nicolas Fezans via swift-evolution >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> This is a rather simple proposal to add '\' (backslash character) as a valid >> operator-head in the swift grammar. >> >> One argument for it, is that there exist a backslash operator in the >> MATLAB/Scilab/Octave languages. In this languages A\B solves the linear >> system A*X = B for X (or the least square problem associated to it if the >> system of equations is overdetermined). I am doing some numerical >> computation in Swift and it would be nice to be able to declare the same >> operator name for this functionality. >> >> I might have missed some arguments for not adding them, but I seems to me >> that until now the \ character is only used inside of string literals. If >> that is the case, both uses should never generate a conflict or be >> ambiguous, isn't it? (String literals keep their interpretation of \ and \ >> used otherwise within the swift code will be interpreted as an operator or >> as the beginning of an operator) >> >> I am curious to see what will be the feedback on this. >> >> Nicolas >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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