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does OCaml support infix functions defined in plaintext ?
arg1 `plus` arg2 = arg1 + arg2
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A custom prefix operator can made by from a ! followed by one or more symbol characters. and is followed by one or more symbol characters. For example let ( ~! )
User defined infix function notation –It must be member function or extension function. It must accepts a single parameter. The parameter must not accept variable number of arguments and must have no default value. It must be marked with infix keyword.
An infix operator is a function of two arguments, with the name of the function written between the arguments. For example, the subtraction operator - is an infix operator.
There's no way to define a function with an alphanumeric name as infix. Haskell's syntax rules only allow for functions with symbolic names or function names surrounded with backticks to be used infix - there's no way to change that.
No. As explained in the OCaml manual, infix operators can only contain special characters, namely !, $, %, &, *, +, -, ., /, :, <, =, >, ?, @, ^, |, ~ (or # but only in first position) and must not start with !, ? or ~.
In order to define an infix operation, you must put the symbol into parentheses:
# let (+++) x y = x + 2 * y;;
...
# 3 +++ 4;;
- : int = 11
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