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<HR><H2>assignment operator change, perhaps something else?</H2>
<H3>daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fri Mar 10 12:26:17 1995
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From: brandon@avon.declab.usu.edu
To: coldstuff@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 95 10:08:58 -0700

Perhaps we do not need to change the assignment operator, but rather
we need to change the equals operator?  By not changing the assignment
operator it would leave the door open to adding '-=' and '+='...
Perhaps &lt;&gt; for equal to?...

----
if (x = a &lt;= b)
  ...
else if (x = a &gt;= c)
  ...
else if (x = a &lt;&gt; d)
  ...
----

Just a thought...

-Brandon
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