Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site eagle.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!eagle!mjs
From: mjs@eagle.UUCP (M.J.Shannon)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: more about programming style
Message-ID: <1317@eagle.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 08:17:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: eagle.1317
Posted: Mon Aug 12 08:17:19 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 06:07:45 EDT
References: <11457@brl-tgr.ARPA> <68@ucbcad.UUCP> <1693@reed.UUCP> <441@myriasb.UUCP> <141@rpics.UUCP> <457@lasspvax.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Summit, NJ
Lines: 16

> What chance is there of having assignment denoted by := in the standard?
> (None, right?  To much code is written with = already. And if I really
> insist I could use the preprocessor.  None the less ... )
> The reason I would like this is then ALL assignments ( +=, |=, etc) would
> be two characters long (consistancy!!). Among other things this would minimize
> the = vs == type errors.
> 
> Todd Olson        

Um, what about <<= & >>=?
-- 
	Marty Shannon
UUCP:	ihnp4!eagle!mjs
Phone:	+1 201 522 6063

Warped people are throwbacks from the days of the United Federation of Planets.