On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Jason Moore <[email protected]> wrote:
> Couple more thoughts on operator overloading.
>... The outer product
> doesn't really have a symbol on the keyboard. It often uses an x with a
> circle around it. Same with cross...the 'x' would be the best choice, but
> our language choice probably doesn't allow that.
Have you looked at naming functions with unicode characters? I don't
remember how restrictive the rules ended up being, but you might well
be able to use mathematical characters in function names. For most
people, that interface would require cut-and-paste, but if one of the
APIs just forwards to another, that shouldn't be a severe problem.
> The only reason not to support all methods, would be if there is a reason
> for maintainability sake. Otherwise, more options are better, because more
> folks will be comfortable with using the program.
It *may* matter depending on how important speed is. Given:
def add3(x):
return x+3
add3(x)
is still slower than
x+3
because of function call overhead.
-jJ
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