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I'm looking at adding bitwise AND and OR to my programming language. Do I add & and | operators, methods x.and(y) or a library bitwise::and(x, y)? My inclination is to add infix operators (concise and familiar) but syntax is such precious real estate.

I'm writing a Path type in my programming language but not sure what methods belong on a Path. Should I have some_path.read_string() or fs::read_string(some_path) instead? I love .method() for IDE completion, but I don't want Path to be cluttered. I'm also trying to avoid UFCS.

Should code completion offer private methods/fields? If the user chooses a private method, you can offer a quickfix to change its visibility. It's clutter though. I frequently find myself wanting fields that I haven't exposed yet, and frustrated that the IDE hides them.