More verbose logical operators

Evolution Discussion
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Hi all,

Swift is said to be a verbose and easy to read programming language.
However, I see Swift is still using cryptic symbols for logical operators.

! for not

for or

&& for and

Here I propose a new logical operators that are more swiftish.

'not' for not
'or' for or
'and' for and

So, instead of:

if !foo1 || foo2 && foo3 { … }

we could write it as:

if not foo1 or foo2 and foo3 { … }

which is much more readable because it's less cryptic.

What do you think?

Thank you.

Regards,

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-Bee-

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There was another post about this earlier today as well:

https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/2015-December/000032.html

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Keith Smiley

On 12/04, Bee wrote:

Hi all,

Swift is said to be a verbose and easy to read programming language.
However, I see Swift is still using cryptic symbols for logical operators.

! for not
>> for or
&& for and

Here I propose a new logical operators that are more swiftish.

'not' for not
'or' for or
'and' for and

So, instead of:

if !foo1 || foo2 && foo3 { … }

we could write it as:

if not foo1 or foo2 and foo3 { … }

which is much more readable because it's less cryptic.

What do you think?

Thank you.

Regards,

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-Bee-

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Oh, I see. Too bad actually.

I'm sorry for not knowing that. I'm a new member here.

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On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Keith Smiley <keithbsmiley@gmail.com> wrote:

There was another post about this earlier today as well:

[swift-evolution] Change the name of the boolean operators?

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Keith Smiley

On 12/04, Bee wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Swift is said to be a verbose and easy to read programming language.
> However, I see Swift is still using cryptic symbols for logical
operators.
>
> ! for not
> >> for or
> && for and
>
> Here I propose a new logical operators that are more swiftish.
>
> 'not' for not
> 'or' for or
> 'and' for and
>
> So, instead of:
>
> if !foo1 || foo2 && foo3 { … }
>
> we could write it as:
>
> if not foo1 or foo2 and foo3 { … }
>
> which is much more readable because it's less cryptic.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> -Bee-

> _______________________________________________
> swift-evolution mailing list
> swift-evolution@swift.org
> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution

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