DIP58: ".." as a Binary Operator

[H. S. Teoh]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:33:38PM +0100, Robert Schadek wrote:
> On 03/17/2014 11:24 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:16:12PM +0100, Robert Schadek wrote:
> >> replace .. with : to make lexing easier, please
> > 	auto b = arr[(someCondition) ? w:x : y:z];
> >
> > :-(
> >
> >
> > T
> >
> Thats a parsing problem.
> 
> 1..1 makes you think you got a prefix of a float 1. but actually you
> got an int slice_operator int. If there where no .. flex like
> generator could handle D, at least as far as I can see it.

Point.

But still, syntax that makes lexing or parsing hard -- that scores
against this DIP.


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