Re: Can I overload ": ="?

[seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman@uunet.uu.net (Michael Feldman)]

In article <1992Oct12.194719.27071@fcom.cc.utah.edu> val@news.ccutah.edu (Val K
artchner) writes:
>(I happen to have run into a situation where this would be useful.  I've
>found a way around it, but I'd like to know if I can do it this way?)
>
>I would like to define what happens when I assign a value of one type (say
>complex) to a variable of another type (say real).  Can I change what is
>meant in Ada by the operation ":=" like I can do with the other operators,
>or am I stuck with assignment of a type to a variable of that type?
>
Nope, sorry. Ada does not allow - under any circumstances - you to change
the meaning of :=.

Mike Feldman
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