>What do folks think of using [] or {} (which are not part of the Fortran
>character set at present) to replace parentheses in cases where the
>programmer wants to tell the compiler "these parentheses are here so I
>can write in `mathematical shorthand';
There is some irony here given what FORTRAN stands for.
Since () give you all you need to express what you want
I don't see much point in proposing this.
As for using [] I was all for the CMF array constructor notation
which did not make it into Fortran. Maybe one day we get them for
intervals.
Harvey
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