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hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
: In article <1992Nov13.073809.11835@arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de> wb@arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de (Wilhelm B. Kloke) writes:
: >In article <BxLxqu.96C@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
: >You need a (possibly implicitly constructed) structure to make
: >this sort of assignment possible. Defining an unary operator which
: >returns a struct is possible at least in C++ and Algol68.
: 
: I believe it is possible in Algol68, but it is not possible in C++.
: C++ does not allow the introduction of new operator symbols; only new
: functions.

Sorry, wrong -- C++ allows existing unary operators to be overloaded
provided the operand is a class object (the operator is defined as a
member function of the class). It can then return anything you want
it to.  New operator SYMBOLS are indeed not allowed (none of that
Algol 68 fun with MONADs, NOMADs and DYADs (what, no DRYADs? :-)
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