[Python-ideas] [RFC] draft PEP: Dedicated infix operators for matrix multiplication and matrix power

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 14.03.2014 12:25, Robert Kern wrote:
> On 2014-03-14 10:16, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> 
>> I have some questions:
>>
>> 1. Since in math, the operator is usually spelt "·" (the center dot,
>>     or "." but that's already reserved for methods and attributes in
>>     Python), why not try to use that instead of "@" (which in Python
>>     already identifies decorators) ?
> 
> I think the current feeling of the Python core team is against including non-ASCII characters in the
> language's keywords or operators. Even if that were not so, I would still recommend against it
> because it would be quite difficult to type. I don't know off-hand the key combination to do it on
> my native system, and it would change from system to system.

That's a fair argument. How about using the degree symbol instead: "°" ?

(A ° B).T == B.T ° A.T

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