On 18/08/2012, at 2:57 AM, Dobes Vandermeer wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Dobes Vandermeer <dob...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:08 AM, john skaller <skal...@users.sourceforge.net> > wrote: > YMMV but for the moment I just wouldn't bother changing it: I don't much > like ** and ,, is worse but it makes sense. > > Hmmm actually given this won't be used all that much, maybe it isn't worth > quibbling over. I'll forget about this "problem". > > > BUT I did run into a place where they were using the operators ":*:" and > ":,:" for something similar to "**" and ",," although I think they are > alluding to the "::" as a cons operator which isn't used that way in Felix. > > Anyway ... seems like a slight improvement, and these could have its own > operator associativity and precedence unlike **.
Yep, that seems reasonable indeed. And it extends to ":+:" for sums nicely! It's a pity, Ocaml uses :: for cons. but Felix uses :: like C++ for consing names, not lists :) -- john skaller skal...@users.sourceforge.net http://felix-lang.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language
