/elm-bitwise-infix

Infix versions of Elm's Bitwise module functions

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Infix versions of Elm's Bitwise module functions

When converting code from JavaScript, it's a real pain to change all the bitwise operators from infix to prefix. This module makes that unnecessary. You just add a twiddle prefix (~) to the operators.

Bitwise.not has no infix operator, since Elm doesn't provide single argument "infix" operators. So I named it BitwiseInfix.lognot, in honor of its Common Lisp name.

All the operators are left associative.

I mirrored the JavaScript precedences, putting the shift operators at lower precedence than arithmetic, but higher than comparison, and the others lower than comparison.

(~<<), (~>>), and (~>>>) have a precedence of 5.
(~&) has a precedence of 3.
(~^) has a precedence of 2.
(~|) has a precedence of 1.

Examples:

import BitwiseInfix exposing (..)

3 ~& 1 ~| 4 ~& 12     -- 5
3 ~& (1 ~| 4) ~& 12   -- 0
2 ~<< 1 ~| 2          -- 6
2 ~<< (1 ~| 2)        -- 16
1 ~| 2 ~^ 2 ~| 1      -- 1
(1 ~| 2) ~^ (2 ~| 1)  -- 0
3 ~& 1 ~^ 4 ~& 12     -- 5
3 ~& (1 ~^ 4) ~& 12   -- 0
9 ~>> 1 ~<< 1         -- 8
9 ~>> (1 ~<< 1)       -- 2