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Is it possible do define your own function which can be used as a non-alphabetic function sign?

I'm just curious whether it is possible.

I don't want to change some existing function like __eq__ or __gt__.

For example '***' sign would do this computation on Int: x***x = x^2^2. So I would define this function and then I could use it this way: 

for x in xrange(3):
    print x***x

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  • See also http://stackoverflow.com/q/214881/3001761 – jonrsharpe Jan 14 '16 at 22:35
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    Any valid identifier can be an infix operator with [this clever hack](http://tomerfiliba.com/blog/Infix-Operators/) - however, IIRC, `***` is not a valid identifier name, so some of the more esoteric operators cannot be created. No `<<+|` - both fortunately and unfortunately. – Sean Vieira Jan 14 '16 at 22:36
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    This might be helpful to know which identifiers are allowed: https://docs.python.org/3.2/reference/lexical_analysis.html#identifiers. In Python 2, however, only alphabetical characters, numbers, and underscores are allowed. – frogbandit Jan 14 '16 at 22:36

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