Adding Unicode operators to D

[Paul D. Anderson]

Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:

> Correx:
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> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/78rmc/allowing_unicode_operators_in_d_similarly_to/
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> Andrei
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> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> > Please vote up before the haters take it down, and discuss:
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> > http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/78rjk/allowing_unicode_operators_in_d_similarly_to/ 
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> > Andrei

Java allows unicode variable names. The Greek letter 'pi' is a valid variable name in Java (see www.jscience.org for an example). Having said that, I've had Java IDEs choke on these.

An opportunity may exist here for someone to create/modify a D language IDE that supports same. [Although Descent (being Eclipse-based and therefore Java-based) should have a leg up already.]

I know projects exist that intend to be 'the' D IDE (written in D, for D, etc.). Maybe this could be a discriminator that makes one stand out.

Paul