On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 07:04:12PM +0100, Thomas Sandlaß wrote: : Yep. Does that put =, := etc into a category of operators that : are hard to (usefully) overload in classes? I mean the eager = : doesn't look like letting the left and right hand side have much : to do or decide in the process---other than provide and swallow : the value or complain about not beeing able to due so.
I'd hazard a guess that it constrains the allowable signatures for such an operator. Larry
