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Users can add new infix operators by using the declarations INFIX and PRECEDENCE. For example,
The declaration infix mm; would allow one to use the symbol MM as an infix operator:
a mm b instead of mm(a,b).
The declaration precedence mm,-; says that MM should be inserted into the infix operator precedence list just after the − operator. This gives it higher precedence than − and lower precedence than * . Thus
a - b mm c - d means a - (b mm c) - d,
while
a * b mm c * d means (a * b) mm (c * d).
Both infix and prefix operators have no transformation properties unless LET statements or procedure declarations are used to assign a meaning.
We should note here that infix operators so defined are always binary:
a mm b mm c means (a mm b) mm c.
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