Per Bothner scripsit:

> However, '&' remains.  We can support this one
> by the traditional mechanism of doubling:
>
> &{Smith && Wesson}  ==> "Smith & Wesson"
>
> as well as:
>
> &{Smith & Wesson}

We can do so, but I don't see much point in it.  Yet another deviation from
regularity needs a justification better than "It's two characters shorter",
and this one I think does not meet that bar.

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