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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: The "()" operator revisited.
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tmoran@acm.org writes:

> >control is split between Finalize and Adjust) because it's sometimes
> >convenient to get your hands on both sides of the assignment at the same
> >time.
>   More than with a Self pointer available to Adjust?

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Adjust gets control after the (old) left-hand side has been finalized.
So, for example, how could ":=" reuse the space of the LHS?
Also, what if you want the whole ":=" to be locked, rather than
just part of it?

- Bob