On 2008-02-14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the standard library module "operator", it would be nice to have a
> dictionary
> mapping operators strings with their respective functions. Something like:
>
> {
> '+': add,
> '-': sub,
> 'in': contains,
> 'and': and_,
> 'or': or_,
> ...
> }
>
> Does such a dictionary already exist? Is it really a good and useful idea?
How would you handle changes in operator syntax?
- I have 'add' instead of '+'
- I have U+2208 instead of 'in'
I don't think this is generally applicable.
Why don't you attach the function to the +/-/in/... token instead? Then you
don't need the above table at all.
sincerely,
Albert
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