> > A ^ prefix visually interferes a lot more
>
> I know it clutters up things a bit, that's my very argument; that
> ^[ ] clutters up things even *more*. especially, with use of arrays:
>
> @array[1,2,3] ^[+=] @array[4,5,6];
>
> bleah.
>
> @array[1,2,3] ^+= @array[4,5,6];
>
> Not much of a improvement, but its palpable.
Maybe. I slightly prefer the first line right now.
But it's close, and I think I've gotten too used to
both notations to know what I'd think if I saw one
or other for the first time, and I don't know what
I'd think after a month of use of one or other. As
I said, it's close. This will defintely be my last
email on the topic...
There's a couple other reasons to go for ^[op].
One is that [] is more obviously indicative to a
newbie that there is some array aspect to how
the op applies than ^ (or backtick) would be.
Another is that bracketing works better to indicate
the difference between the two ...= variants that
might be useful:
@a ^[+=] @b
@a ^[+]= @b # vectorize the +, not the =
@a ^+= @b
@a ^+^= @b # vectorize the +, not the = ?!?
> '^' is being used as a sigil for an operator, and that all
> you need is one keystroke in order to use it.
On my keyboard it's two (shift and the 6 key).
> Oh by the way. IMO 'vector' operators should be the
> proper term.
Oops. Yes.
--
ralph
