On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 01:17:37PM +0100, Henk-Jaap Wagenaar wrote: > Why use "." which has clear syntax problems?
[Me] > > (For the avoidance of doubt, I know that syntax will not work in > > Python because it will be ambiguous. That's why I picked it -- it's > > syntax that we can all agree won't work, so we can concentrate on > > the semantics not the spelling.) [Henk-Jaap] > This can already be done in current Python (this was linked to in a > previous thread about something else) using a generic solution if you > change the syntax: > > https://pypi.org/project/infix/ > > You could write it as |EQ|, ^EQ^, ... and have it in its own Pypi package. That's a gimmick and a hack. To be sure, it's a cute hack, but not one I would ever use in real code. -- Steven _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/JIZ6ULR5PGWFLHR7KTNKXSZSSSUNC5NF/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
