Re: [q-lang-users] New stuff in cvs: multichar ops, views

[Rob H. <hub...@gm...>]

Thanks John,

On 27/06/07, John Cowan <co...@cc...> wrote:
> > On the subject of (+:), I wondered whether there could be another
> > operator (-:) having the meaning "-i*", just as (+:) has meaning
> > "+i*". ...
>
> This is clever but not really necessary, I think.

I think it would genuinely make complex values more readable and more
'natural' to express. My thinking is that (-:) is somewhat like a
"unary minus for the complex part" (although it's a binary operator).

Upon a little further thought, I would want only (+:) to be available
for pattern matching. If the presence of a (-:) operator would upset
the pattern matching, then I'd withdraw the suggestion in any case...

Rob.