From: Peter Hickman <peter@...>
Date: 2002-10-30T20:14:34+09:00
Subject: Re: feature idea: custom literals

Bulat Ziganshin wrote:
> Hello Peter,
> 
> Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 1:40:41 PM, you wrote:
> 
> 
>>>PH> What problem is this meant to solve as i cant see a use for such a thing.
>>>
>>>complex = 3+7i
>>
> 
> it's a literal for complex numbers
> 
> 
>>>str =~ s/x/y/gi
>>
> 
> it's for string replacement in sed style
> 
> 
>>>another feature will be custom operators:
>>>
>>>if 1 in [1,2,3]
>>
> 
> it's check that 1 is a member of set, described by [1,2,3]
> 
> PH> No I can't see what you're trying to show. Perhaps an example?
> 

Fine. But HOW is his suggestion supposed to achieve this?