[Python-3000] What makes infix operators special? (was Re: Type parameterization

[Nick Coghlan]

Greg Ewing wrote:
> Nick Coghlan wrote:
> 
>> Using '@' would now be fairly counterintuitive, given that symbol's 
>> association with decorators.
> 
> It would be very disappointing if @ were now considered
> too "polluted" by association with decorators to be used
> for anything else, since it would mean we have lost both
> a potential prefix operator and a potential infix operator
> in one go.
> 
> Personally I don't think there would be any confusion.

Agreed - I've had a look at the relevant PEPs now, and find the S @ T notation 
quite understandable. I'd actually find it interesting to see an iterator that 
abused __mul__ to implement the semantics (i.e. the PEP's concept of "S @ T" 
would be written as "crossproduct(S) * T").

Cheers,
Nick.

-- 
Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
---------------------------------------------------------------
             http://www.boredomandlaziness.org