{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8487","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8487/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8487/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8487/events","html_url":"https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8487","id":44078912,"number":8487,"title":"∈ in for loops?","user":{"login":"eschnett","id":213514,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/213514?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/eschnett","html_url":"https://github.com/eschnett","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eschnett/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eschnett/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eschnett/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eschnett/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eschnett/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eschnett/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eschnett/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eschnett/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eschnett/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/labels/unicode","name":"unicode","color":"5f4a60"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":20,"created_at":"2014-09-26T16:14:12Z","updated_at":"2015-11-03T04:56:30Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I wanted to use the syntax\r\n```\r\nfor i ∈ 1:10\r\n```\r\nbut discovered that Julia doesn't allow this. Given that `in` and `∈` are identical when used as operators, it would be nice to allow this syntax as well.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/comments/153238079","html_url":"https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8487#issuecomment-153238079","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8487","id":153238079,"user":{"login":"tkelman","id":5934628,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5934628?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkelman","html_url":"https://github.com/tkelman","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkelman/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkelman/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkelman/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkelman/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkelman/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkelman/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkelman/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkelman/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkelman/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-03T04:56:30Z","updated_at":"2015-11-03T04:56:30Z","body":"I don't see a whole lot of value in that, esp for loops over multiple indices written by individuals who would rather not be forced to use unicode, `for i=1:m, j=1:n` is noticeably more concise and readable than `for i in 1:m, j in 1:n`. I usually lean towards syntax consistency being a good thing, but this is just style."}}