Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ORNL-MSR.ARPA!jcm From: jcm@ORNL-MSR.ARPA.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: C++ Users Message-ID: <8704270217.AA21735@ORNL-MSR.ARPA> Date: Sun, 26-Apr-87 22:17:57 EDT Article-I.D.: ORNL-MSR.8704270217.AA21735 Posted: Sun Apr 26 22:17:57 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Apr-87 01:08:12 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 24 >From: Ken Wallewein >Maybe this isn't the correct forum, but I don't know of a better one, so... >I have been watching with great interest any news on C++. I don't know of any better forum, but there is an arpanet mailing list for C which occasionally touched on C++ occasionally when I monitored it about 2 years ago. However, that list is heavily overloaded with C discussions. I would like to have a list of C++ USERS -- please send a message to JCM@ORNL-MSR.ARPA. (Please tell what C++ implementation you have, what computer system you are using, and what type of application you are developing). I don't want to start a mailing list, but I might be willing to echo a VERY SMALL amount of mail. >Does allowable operator overloading include the assignment (=) operator? Not only can you overload "=", but you can also overload "()" (function calls) and "[]" (array subscripting). I believe this makes it possible to do such things as: > output(file1,record1) = a. jim mullens / jcm@ornl-msr.arpa / 615-574-5564