Re: [Pugs] Closing a file handle surprised the heck out of me

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

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