[swift-evolution] Remove (!) logical negation operator (swift-evolution Digest, Vol 1, Issue 181)

[Marc Knaup]

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On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Rainer Brockerhoff via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> On 12/15/15 14:05, Tommy van der Vorst wrote:
> > I *do* see negative effects of removing it: ! is part of virtually
> > all programming languages currently in use, any decent programmer is
> > accustomed to it and read it like 'not' in their head anyway.
> > Removing would definitely confuse newcomers to the language.
>
> I agree with that.
>
> However, should `!` be removed, I'd suggest `~` — which already means
> negation for integers, but is currently not defined on booleans.
>
>
> --
> Rainer Brockerhoff  <rainer at brockerhoff.net>
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