[swift-evolution] [Proposal] Refining Identifier and Operator Symbology

Jonathan S. Shapiro jonathan.s.shapiro at gmail.com
Thu Oct 20 19:03:34 CDT 2016


On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Jonathan Hull via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> Would it be possible to do the following:
>
> • Have 1 group which are always used as identifiers.  This would probably
> be the identifiers from this proposal.
>
> • Have a 2nd group which are always used as operators (quite a bit larger
> than the group proposed by this proposal).  At a minimum, the following
> ascii + set operators + math operators:
> (± ≠ ≤ ≥ ¿ ¡ ™ ¢ ¶ • ° ƒ © √ ∆ ◊ § ≈  ∫ ÷ ¬ ).
>
> • Everything else is in a 3rd group.


No. This is far, far too complicated, and it mixes up the layers of the
compilation process.
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