[Python-ideas] Revisiting dedicated overloadable boolean operators

[Stephan Houben]

I use these Vim abbreviations,
which are derived from LaTeX

https://gist.github.com/stephanh42/fc466e62bfb022a890ff2c4643eaf3a5

Stephan

Op za 4 aug. 2018 20:03 schreef David Mertz <mertz at gnosis.cx>:

> On Sat, Aug 4, 2018, 1:24 PM Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
>
>> If you think the uproar over PEP 572 was vicious, imagine what would
>> happen if we introduced new operators like ∉ ∥ ∢ ∽ ⊎ etc instead.
>>
>> - keyboard support for entering the bulk of Unicode characters is
>>   non-existent or poor;
>>
>> - without keyboard support, editor support for entering Unicode
>>   characters is as best clunky, requiring the memorization of
>>   obscure names, hex codes, or a GUI palette;
>>
>
> This is the essential problem. I write this as someone who has the vim
> conceal plugin configured to change my Python code into something with many
> of those funny characters Steven users as examples.
>
> But while I like looking at those, although recognizing it's quirky,
> entering any of them is enormously cumbersome. I did it once to configure
> my substitution macros (which are purely visual... What I type in is just
> ASCII and that's what is saved in soak, but it appears on screen with some
> replacements).
>
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