matt-savvy

matt-savvy

How do you pronounce ~> symbol?

Is there a word for the ~> symbol used in Version strings?

Do you also just call it a Squiggle Arrow™ ?!

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jswanner

jswanner

In the Ruby community it’s often called the “pessimistic operator” or twiddle-wakka. The Elixir Version docs only refer to it as “special operator.”

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