Looks like it is unanimous. :-) I've modified the wiki to use &.
On 08/30/11 05:48, Ramesh wrote:
> '&' looks good. Apart from this i have '~' in mind.
>
> On 8/28/2011 5:03 AM, Mark Thomas wrote:
>> On 27/08/2011 16:10, Pete Muir wrote:
>>> On 27 Aug 2011, at 00:51, Kin-man Chung wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 08/26/11 16:24, Mark Thomas wrote:
>>>>> On 26/08/2011 23:53, Kin-man Chung wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've written something for the concatenation and assignment
>>>>>> operators in
>>>>>> the wiki
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://java.net/projects/el-spec/pages/Operators.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These two are important operators that were somehow omitted in the
>>>>>> current EL. I'd like to include them in this JSR, since they are
>>>>>> obviously needed, especially in a stand-alone environment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is hard to imagine an expression language without a concatenation
>>>>>> operator. The current EL gets by with composite expressions. But
>>>>>> composite expressions are restricted to the root level
>>>>>> expressions (for
>>>>>> instance, it cannot be used as method arguments). Moreover, with
>>>>>> automatic bracketing of expressions, concatenation operator is a
>>>>>> must.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've pick # as the concatenation operator. I wish I can use +,
>>>>>> but I
>>>>>> can't, because it is an arithmetic add, even for string operands.
>>>>>>
>>>>> That is a pain. Is # used as the concatenation operator in any other
>>>>> languages? Might there be an operator that we could reuse that looks
>>>>> more natural? Possibilities that come to mind:
>>>>> +=
>>>>> || (already used in EL - can't use it)
>>>>> &
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I like&. How about
>>>> ++
>>>> !
>>> & is good. Reminds me of my ASP days ;-)
>> Of the suggestions so far I like
>> &
>> +=
>>
>> Looks like& is the consensus preference.
>>
>> Mark
>>