[Python-ideas] Left division operator

[Carl Johnson]

In Python, \ has a very consistent meaning as "escape character." I
would hate for that consistency to be broken by adding a new meaning
to \. For example, right now

x = loooooooooooooooooooong + "line" \
"something"

is valid. But if \ were also an operator, would it mean something
different than "line" \ "something"?

As to the order of operations problem, why not just do

x = eval_first
y = eval_second
r = y/x

?