user-defined operators

[Thomas Lindgren]

--- Shawn Pearce <spearce@REDACTED> wrote:
> Ulf Wiger <ulf.wiger@REDACTED> wrote:
> > So is your suggestion that one would write e.g.
> > 
> >   -import(sys, ['!!'/2,]).
> > 
> >   fetch(Host, File) ->
> >      Host `!!` {get, File}.
> 
> Bleh!
> 
> 	spearce `wontuse` backticks_for_operators.
> 
> Are we trying to become Perl here or something?  :-)

Heh, no ... I just reused Haskell's notation. As long
as the operator name is clearly delimited, it's fine
by me.

As to adding prefix operators: I think it would be
feasible. The main thing would be to mark it clearly
and give it an obvious, fixed precedence.

Best,
Thomas


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