[Python-Dev] Infix operators (original) (raw)

Sebastien Loisel loisel at temple.edu
Thu Jul 24 04:28:09 CEST 2008

Dear Greg,

Thanks for your email.

Guido is on record as opposing any kind of macros

or other "extensible syntax", and this probably comes under the same heading.

Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for when I asked:

Now since this is such a simple idea, I'm guessing it occured to pythonistas

at some point in 1992, and got voted down and that decision has now become scripture. Is that the case?

Case closed.

Sincerely,

-- Sébastien Loisel

PS:

This argues for a function such as solve(A, b). It

doesn't argue for an infix operator.

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