Re: Infix "*" in ABSTRACT_STRING

[Patrick Cloarec]

This too is available in Python :

>>>3*"Ho "+"! Merry Christmas"
'Ho Ho Ho ! Merry Christmas'

In Eiffel that syntax  would implies "*" is a feature of class INTEGER. 
It is, of course, but only with an INTEGER as parameter.

That makes me write there is no binary operator in Eiffel, an infix is 
just a syntaxic shortcut for a feature with one parameter. Not to 
mention the priority between infix'.


Le 30/12/2023 à 13:19, Eric Bezault a écrit :
> On 30/12/2023 10:36, Patrick Cloarec wrote:
> > It is unnatural to me to define a binary operator as the feature of 
> > the class of one object. infix is the less intuitive construction 
> > offered by Eiffel, in my humble opinion.
>
> They are available in one way or another in many
> other languages. For example, in Python:
>
> >>> "Ho "*3+"! Merry Christmas"
> 'Ho Ho Ho ! Merry Christmas'