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2 points by pg 5658 days ago | link | parent

Are there any plans to add the +=, -=, etc. operators?

Is the existing ++ not sufficient?



2 points by shader 5658 days ago | link

I guess I never noticed that the existing ++ operator could take a second argument, sorry.

However, the *= and /= operators are still very useful, and it would be very cool if a simple ssyntax could make it general to all single argument functions, or at least functions in which the first argument is the one being modified/extended. Good examples would be += as applies to alists and tables, and things like cut or sort.

Is there a reason that you can't append an atom to a list with '+ or '++?

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