see in base\operators.jl that the built-in operators are defined concisely like: <(x, y) = isless(x, y) however, seems like I can’t define a custom infix operator like: julia> (α)(x, y) = x + y α (generic function with 1 method) julia> α(1, 2) 3 julia> 1 α 2 ERROR: syntax: extra token "α" after…

How to define a new infix operator?

nilshg February 18, 2020, 11:08am 2

There are a bunch of discussions on this, see e.g. here: ★ is not an operator - #2 by Sukera

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