On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 16:39 +0100, Jon Harrop wrote:
> If OCaml's lexer handled numbers of this format, would it be possible to 
> write:
> 
>   f -1 -2
> 
> to mean:
> 
>   f (-1) (-2)
> 
> rather than:
> 
>   f - 1 - 2
> 
> Is this a good idea?

No, I don't think so, because

	-1

and

	- 1

would then be distinct, and there's be confusion with:

	x-1

which would actually mean

	x (-1)

rather than

	x - 1

That would break reams of code .. ;(

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