Unicode aliases
by Alexander Kogtenkov (modified: 2024 Mar 26)
While EiffelStudio supports general syntax for feature calls using a dot notation like foo.plus (bar), sometimes it is more convenient to use operator expressions like foo + bar. The number of operators available in ASCII is limited, but aliases can use Unicode. This possibility has finally reached classes of kernel library. Aliases added in EiffelStudio 20.05 are summarized in the table below:
| Feature | Alias | |
|---|---|---|
| ASCII | Unicode | |
| bit_and | & | ⊗ |
| bit_not | ⊝ | |
| bit_or | | | ⦶ |
| bit_shift_left | |<< | ⧀ |
| bit_shift_right | |>> | ⧁ |
| bit_xor | ⊕ | |
| conjuncted | and | ∧ |
| conjuncted_semistrict | and then | ∧… |
| disjuncted | or | ∨ |
| disjuncted_semistrict | or else | ∨… |
| disjuncted_exclusive | xor | ⊻ |
| implication | implies | ⇒ |
| is_deep_equal | ≡≡≡ | |
| is_greater_equal | >= | ≥ |
| is_less_equal | <= | ≤ |
| negated | not | ¬ |
| product | * | × |
| quotient | / | ÷ |
| standard_is_equal | ≜ | |
| three_way_comparison | ⋚ | |
Combined with symbolic forms of loops, the following expression
across cheeses as c all age (c.item) >= a and moisture (c.item) = semi_hard end
can now be written in a more math-like notation:
∀ c: cheeses ¦ age (c) ≥ a & moisture (c) = semi_hard