[E-Lang] Operators #5: Additive operators

[Tyler Close]

At 08:09 PM 4/6/01 -0700, Mark S. Miller wrote:
>The other "normal" category is "Displacement Behavior", currently
>exemplified only by characters.  In displacement behavior, when t1 and t2
>are both elements of the type, and i is an integer,

I believe here you are talking about:

     'c' + 3 == 'f'

Is there any reason why "displacement behaviour" shouldn't use the "<<" 
(ie: shift) operator? So:

     'c' << 3 == 'f'

Doing this would allow us to use the stricter definition of "+" that many 
on the list seem to want.

Tyler