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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:07:08 +0200
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:59:36 +0000 (UTC), Georg Bauhaus wrote:

> Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> 
>: 1 ["="] should
>: be no different from 2 [":="] or any other *operation*.
> 
> (just not predefined?) What should be the rule for extensions, then?

No different in the sense that ":=" should be treated as a primitive 
operation rather than a hard-wired something. I do not propose ":=" to have 
a result, like in C++. But clearly, it should be [multiple] dispatching.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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