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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Mark Biggar <mark.a.biggar@attbi.com> writes:

> use "is <>" for "=" then the user only needs to explicitly specify
> it if it isn't named "=".

I had a case (OA7.2, I can't get 7.2.1 to install properly) where I
had to have 'function Eq' rather than 'function "="' as a generic
formal subprogram, or it got confused.