Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!sdd.hp.com!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!VTVM1.BITNET!GRANGERG From: GRANGERG@VTVM1.BITNET (Greg Granger) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: Does Modula-2 have operator overloading? Message-ID: Date: 26 Jul 90 13:58:57 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Modula2 List Organization: The Internet Lines: 23 On Wed, 25 Jul 90 18:31:35 GMT Cy Foughty said: >The subject says it all. The operator overloading I would like to >see is like that of (Gasp) C++. In that NEWLY created data types can have >... >-- >Cy Foughty >DSC Communications, Inc. 1000 Coit Rd., Plano,TX 75075 >Work:214.519.4237 La Casa:214.578.8837 >Don't compromise your compromises. Nope, but I like to see that too (with uniary/binary operations, commutative and precedence control on both new and existing types, and generic type determinable parameters to procedures and static vars, and variable width bit fields and *optional* garbage collection and stardard bit ordering access and exception handling and ....) But it just ain't there and isn't likely to be added anytime soon (as there is not yet a 'true standard' published/accepted). Till then we'll just have to repair our tricorders with stone knives and bearskins. Greg