+1

Personally this one wouldn’t bother me to require, but It seems the Swift way 
is to not require things that can be inferred by context so I’m ok with just 
allowing it.

> On Jul 11, 2016, at 9:03 PM, Jacob Bandes-Storch via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Currently, "infix" is not required/allowed on an operator function 
> definition, but "prefix" and "postfix" are:
> 
>     prefix operator ^^ {}   // valid
>     postfix operator ^^ {}  // valid
>     infix operator ^^ {}    // valid
> 
>     prefix func ^^(operand: Int) {}  // valid
>     postfix func ^^(operand: Int) {} // valid
>     infix func ^^(lhs: Int, rhs: Int) {}   // error: 'infix' modifier is not 
> required or allowed on func declarations
>     func ^^(lhs: Int, rhs: Int) {}         // valid
> 
> It seems like this was removed because it can be inferred from the number of 
> arguments 
> (https://github.com/apple/swift/commit/3ad9c58c18f0331444114e2eae3e772e702c326f
>  
> <https://github.com/apple/swift/commit/3ad9c58c18f0331444114e2eae3e772e702c326f>).
>   But IMO the inconsistency from other operator function decls/defs is 
> jarring.
> 
> How does everyone feel about reinstating the "infix" modifier on functoins? 
> (It was removed before the open-source release and the advent of 
> swift-evolution, so I thought it'd be worth a public review.)
> 
> Jacob
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