Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!edison.ge.COM!uucp From: uucp@edison.ge.COM.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Submission for mod-computers-vax Message-ID: <8704290946.AA28909@edison.GE.COM> Date: Wed, 29-Apr-87 05:46:23 EDT Article-I.D.: edison.8704290946.AA28909 Posted: Wed Apr 29 05:46:23 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 1-May-87 06:48:02 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 35 Path: edison!uvacs!virginia!umd5!eneevax!mimsy!oddjob!uwvax!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ORNL-MSR.ARPA!jcm From: jcm@ORNL-MSR.ARPA (James A. Mullens) Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: C++ Users Message-ID: <8704270217.AA21735@ORNL-MSR.ARPA> Date: 27 Apr 87 02:17:57 GMT 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