On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 2:32 PM John H Palmieri <jhpalmier...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The github issue #36060 (https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/36060) > proposes adding a backslash operator for Sage integers, so that "2 \ 3" > will return the same as "3 / 2". Do you support this? > > I'm not for or against. However, I don't see the problem that implementing this "\" is going to solve. The ticket suggests that users will naturally type 2\3 instead of 3/2, if I am reading between the lines correctly. > BackslashOperator is defined in "sage/misc/misc.py", and the preparser > converts "A \ b" to the appropriate Python code. The docstring for > BackslashOperator says "Implements Matlab-style backslash operator for > solving systems A \ b". > > It seems pretty innocuous to me — in fact I don't care much either way — > but since Sage integers are so ubiquitous, it seems like a good idea to ask > before implementing it. > > -- > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/3f157aa4-74cd-4c5c-bc76-f198c6417432n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/3f157aa4-74cd-4c5c-bc76-f198c6417432n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CAEQuuAXnzoHr2p%3DnyShdeV1y0EqsSUX77dzxBvg2mMLFk2KCFw%40mail.gmail.com.
