I have a strange problem using ± and ∓ Unicode symbols as variables when placed at the front of equation. Although they seem not to be defined in Main, they behave differently from e.g. α (but e.g. 2*± does work). See below. Any suggestions?
_ _ _ _(_)_ | A fresh approach to technical computing (_) | (_) (_) | Documentation: http://docs.julialang.org _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?help" for help. | | | | | | |/ _` | | | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 0.4.5 (2016-03-18 00:58 UTC) _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official http://julialang.org/ release |__/ | x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu julia> α=-1.0 -1.0 julia> α*2 -2.0 help?> ± search: Couldn't find ± Perhaps you meant *, α, !, $, %, &, +, -, /, :, <, >, I, \, ^, e, |, ~, ×, ÷, γ or π ERROR: "±" is not defined in module Main in error at error.jl:21 in which_module at ./reflection.jl:315 in call at ./docs/bindings.jl:8 julia> ±=-1.0 -1.0 julia> ±*2 ERROR: syntax: "±" is not a unary operator julia> ∓=-1.0 -1.0 julia> ∓*2 ERROR: syntax: "∓" is not a unary operator julia> 2*± -2.0 julia> 2*∓ -2.0