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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: overload ":=" ???
Date: 1996/07/17
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Date: 1996-07-17T00:00:00+00:00
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David Morton asks

Is there a way to overload the assignment operator ":=" ?


No, not directly (for many reasons the kind of simple minded approach
you suggested, though it seems reasonable at first, does not work).

(i.e. cannot easily be made to work from a language desigfn point of view)

However, look at non-limited controlled types and the Adjust procedure.
I think you will find you can do what you want!