[Python-ideas] [RFC] draft PEP: Dedicated infix operators for matrix multiplication and matrix power

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:20:42 +0000
Oscar Benjamin
<oscar.j.benjamin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't think it's a premature optimisation. It's a significant
> algorithmic optimisation.

You could also make the multiplications lazy (and enforce the optimal
order when computing the final result) rather than enforce that
optimization at the language parsing level. It would be more flexible,
and would also avoid potentially pessimizing other use cases.

Regards

Antoine.