Re: [q-lang-users] Q 7.2 RC1 Issue 2: Notation

[John C. <co...@cc...>]

Rob Hubbard scripsit:

> If you really need a symbol, can't a compound symbol be used? Perhaps
> '//', although that would then mean that '/' and '//' would be the
> "wrong way around" compared to Python.

Unfortunately, // is single-line comment, as in C99, C++, C#, or Java.

> What about some other combination along the lines of '/.', '/^', '/!', ...?
I think that's right in principle; the compound symbol could either begin
or end in /.  How about |/ or /|?  Neither should cause syntax problems.

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