On 2019-11-11 16:13, David Mertz wrote:
> I implemented this discussed arrow operator in vim with conceal plugin.  This is
> an example given in PEP 572.  It looks perfectly fine.  It also does not require
> ANY change to Python-the-language.  It just means that I can type ':' followed
> by '=' to get that, rather than type 'Alt+Shift', '2', '1', '9', '0'.  So fewer
> keystrokes. No chording.  Easier to type.  And what gets saved to disk is good
> old plain ASCII.

I like your solution and think it looks great, though perhaps you forgot the
space behind it?  I'm not a huge fan of how modern Python is putting colons
everywhere so this helps a tiny bit.

> I don't hate how it looks, but I really, really don't get how it's supposed to
> "transform my thinking about coding" to have a slightly different glyph on
> screen. 

Probably would need several, as CB mentioned below.  Still, debatable.

> I mean, as shown in this example and a previous one I posted a
> screenshot of, I think it's cute and geeky to use a few math symbols in the same
> way in my editor.  I've been doing that for a few years, and it never got beyond
> "slightly cute."

Guessing there were a few rare curmudgeons who didn't think we needed lowercase
letters before ascii and still a few who don't want syntax highlighting either.
I realize we're hitting the land of diminishing returns on text, but once
features are gained I know I don't want to go back.

For example, I use many useful Unicode symbols in my text strings and console
output.  Billions of folks are using non-latin alphabets right now because
Python3 makes it easy.  All modern systems can handle them, why not?  And input
is not an significant issue, though it depends on the block.
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