> On Jun 30, 2017, at 8:43 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 12:51:26PM +0100, Jamie Willis wrote: >> >> Alternatively >> "<>" is an alternative, being the monoidal append operator in Haskell, >> which retains a certain similarly. > > "<>" is familiar to many people as "not equal" in various programming > languages, including older versions of Python. I'm not entirely sure > what connection "<>" has to append, it seems pretty arbitrary to me, > although in fairness nearly all operators are arbitrary symbols if you > go back far enough. >
Even in Haskell, <> relies on the context of other operators like <*>, <$>, <+>, <|>, etc. to suggest a sort of generic, minimal binary operator. That meaning wouldn't translate well to other languages. Clint _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
