Here is my issue: I've found a formula on Wikipedia.

It's called Hashing by division.

As you can see it uses mod keyword to achieve the modulus operation.

In D language we use modulus operator % and it might look more like this:

h(x) M % m

This clearly introduces confusion between the source (wikipedia) and the implementation (dlang version).

I would like to know how we could define/alia ourselves a mod operator in D Language.

h(x) M mod m

This might lead to less gaps between math formulas and the implementation.

Or at the very least would allow to define a formula in the source code for further implementation and introduce some consistency.

On Monday, 2 October 2023 at 18:34:13 UTC, BoQsc wrote:

h(x) M % m

h(x) M mod m

https://dlang.org/spec/operatoroverloading.html#binary

On Monday, 2 October 2023 at 18:39:41 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:

Overloading seems to only overload behaviour of existing operator, like:

+	-	*	/	%	^^	&
|	^	<<	>>	>>>	~	in

I'm unable to see how the operator overloading would allow to define a new custom operator.

Overloading seems to only overload behaviour of existing operator, like:

+	-	*	/	%	^^	&
|	^	<<	>>	>>>	~	in

I'm unable to see how the operator overloading would allow to define a new custom operator.

Operator overloading in general is provided so that user-defined types can be used like built-in types and work with generic code that uses those operators. Domain-specific language stuff should probably be left to either a domain-specific language or just use properly named functions.

On Monday, 2 October 2023 at 19:28:32 UTC, BoQsc wrote:

And I don't expect that to change. This has come up many times.

This might lead to less gaps between math formulas and the implementation.

Or at the very least would allow to define a formula in the source code for further implementation and introduce some consistency.