<<< looks like a bitwise operator and if ** was to be an operator, I'd
prefer it to be a shorhand for Math.pow.

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On Mar 4, 2012 11:21 AM, "Herby Vojčík" <he...@mailbox.sk> wrote:

> I think it's worse to have combined characters, like #@ or ^& than it is
> to have same character repeated... ^^ looks nice to me (also points up,
> which may create a little analogy to the UML generalization), but ok. Two
> same characters are more easily spotted, imho, and they are more easily
> typed.
>
> These may also be the options:
>
>   let obj = proto ** {
>     prop: "test",
>     foo: 10
>   }
>
>   let obj = proto <<< {
>     prop: "test",
>     foo: 10
>   }
>
> (others are not usable, they look jarring even to me: !!, %%, ##, @@)
>
> Herby
>
> Rick Waldron wrote:
>
>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Herby Vojčík<he...@mailbox.sk>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Jonas Höglund wrote:
>>>
>>>> Since it seems there are many supporters for "arrow-like" symbols
>>>> pointing
>>>> in either direction, and both of these groups seem to think the symbol
>>>> points in the "wrong" direction if it isn't the direction they imagine
>>>> it
>>>> pointing to, perhaps it's better to look for more alternatives of
>>>> direction-neutral operators instead. Here are some suggestions:
>>>>
>>>> let obj = proto \\ {
>>>>  prop: "test",
>>>>  foo: 10
>>>> }
>>>> let obj = proto #: {
>>>>  prop: "test",
>>>>  foo: 10
>>>> }
>>>>
>>> As for the nondirectional ones, does this collide with something?
>>>
>>>  let obj = proto ^^ {
>>>    prop: "test",
>>>    foo: 10
>>>  }
>>>
>>
>> This is exceptionally jarring to look at
>>
>>
>>  Herby
>>>
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