What about

s[{i, j}]
 

? It could be extended to

s[{i, j}, {k, l}]

for multi-dimensional arrays.

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For what it's worth, I strongly disagree with "s[i, j] seems actively bad". I think the level of confusion with this syntax will be minimal. I would be very surprised if developers try to "multi-index" into a string (which doesn't even make sense) and are surprised that it doesn't work.

 

Several operations in C++ have the same syntax and slightly different meanings. And several operations have drastically different meaning (like operator * and multiplication).

Another example is operator/ for std::filesystem::path. I don't recall seeing angry developers complaining that / is not dividing their path but appending.

It's all about the context.

 

Best Regards,

Breno G.