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From: wietse@wzv.win.tue.nl (Wietse Z. Venema)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: New assignment operator ->= ?
Message-ID: <625@wzv.win.tue.nl>
Date: 17 Feb 90 11:14:50 GMT
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mayoff@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Rob "The" Mayoff) writes:

>So why not
>	while (*p->next)
>	  p ->= next;

Don't forget the .= operator. Unfortunately, such language features would 
prohibit other language perversions such as:

		a ^+= b <-> a ^= a += b <-> a = a ^ a + b
		p ->= q <-> p -= p >= q <-> p = p - p > q

(:-))