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At 10:05 AM -0400 5/22/03, John Peacock wrote:
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>So, before I start digging in the code, let's have the argument
>[again] why overloading the assignment operator is a bad thing.
You already can overload the assignment operator. That's what tie is.
Overloading as it stands now works on the value, while tying works on
the variable. (a contents vs container thing) Overload is a value
thing, tying a container thing. Assignment is an operation on the
variable rather than the value, so it should live in the world of
tying, not overloading.
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