Elementwise operators

General Usage
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The syntax tree is only the first half of the syntax story. The second half happens in lowering, and that’s where the magic occurs:

julia> Meta.@lower z=x.*y
:($(Expr(:thunk, CodeInfo(
 1 ─ %1 = (Base.getproperty)(Base.Broadcast, :materialize)                                                                 │
 │   %2 = (Base.getproperty)(Base.Broadcast, :broadcasted)                                                                 │
 │   %3 = (%2)(*, x, y)                                                                                                    │
 │   %4 = (%1)(%3)                                                                                                         │
 │        z = %4                                                                                                           │
 └──      return %4                                                                                                        │
))))

This belies a good deal of complexity, but that’s the entrance to the rabbit hole.

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