This are some of those few operators that need parens to be used in function call syntax:
julia> (&)(3,5) 1 julia> (|)(3,5) 7 This isn't required in unambiguous situations like as an argument to another function: julia> reduce(|, 0:8) 15 On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 6:20 PM, ggggg <galenon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a named function that does what & does, eg "&(a,b) == a&b"? I > actually want a multi argument version like "$(a,b,c...)". Also is that > the name of that function is not "&" and "& is not overloadable? The same > is not true of "|". > > *julia> **a = zeros(Bool,10);b=[randbool() for j=1:10];* > > *julia> **a&b==b* > > *false* > > *julia> **a|b==b* > > *true* > > *julia> **|(a,b)==b* > > *true* > > *julia> **&(a,b)==b* > > > *ERROR: unsupported or misplaced expression & * > *julia> **&(a,b) = a&b* > > *ERROR: syntax: invalid assignment location* > > Julia even seems to think & is a function > > *julia> **&* > > *& (generic function with 35 methods)* > > >
