Re: Unary Operators

Andreas Ulbrich wrote
> create operator ^- (leftarg = float, procedure = reciproce);
> works too, but
> create operator / (leftarg = float, procedure = reciproce);
> not.

Do you mean the "^" operator or the "^-" operator? Rowan claims that "^"
does not in fact work here...

Rowan Collins wrote
> I've tried ^ and *
> and get the same error (you need some extra brackets around "SELECT (*
> 5.0)" otherwise it would look like "SELECT *", which is an entirely
> different piece of syntax!).

I would tend to concur with the "hard-wired" theory but am in the same boat
that I'm not really able to prove so; but figured I'd give my support.

This qualifies as documentation improvement potential at minimum so in the
interest of getting more notice I'd suggest reconciling the "^" discrepancy
- and maybe trying the other supposedly hybrid operators and stating which
ones work and don't work for the report - and move this over there.

David J.

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