[m-dev.] @ syntax (was: Freeze the compiler)

[Michael Day]

> It would just be a syntactic transformation.
> You would just declare e.g.
> 
> 	:- func elem(map(K, V), K) = V.
> 	:- func 'elem :='(map(K, V), K, V) = map(K, V).

In the 'elem :=' example, must the space be preserved exactly? Will
including an extra space or two produce obscure error messages?

> It seems a bit excessive to have _four_ different syntaxes for
> accessing array elements:

So does this mean the @ syntax won't be included? Is it complicated (ie:
will it take long) to add the extensions to the ^ syntax?

Michael

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