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Some people voiced interest in adding Unicode versions for the ternary operator
and the two characters
below were briefly implemented:
U+2047 DOUBLE QUESTION MARK [Po] (⁇)
U+203C DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARK [Po] (‼)
Their introduction created an LTA error message[1] and they had some
rendering issues (such as ‼ rendering as an emoji[^2]; or being
really ugly in some fonts[^3]). It's also not entirely clear what the
proposed characters' actual intended use is and whether they're
an appropriate choice for the job and will be widely used by users.
In light of these concerns, it was decided we revert the addition of
these characters as an alternative ternary. I will include the
links to all the revert commits in a reply to this ticket shortly.
[1] https://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2017-03-14#i_14261780
[2] https://twitter.com/zoffix/status/841811442588385281
[3] https://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2017-03-15#i_14265206
[4] https://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2017-03-15#i_14265177
