Re: [boost] Formal Review: The Spirit Parser Framework.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-13 07:12:18

"Joel de Guzman" <djowel_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Do you guys still want this addition regardless if there's a simpler solution
> to the r.alias() problem which started this discussion?
> 
> My worry is that, in C++ (as if we are not in C++ eh? :-),
> 
>     a |= b
> 
> is equavalent to
> 
>     a = a | b
> 
> In Spirit (the proposed behavior of |=):
> 
>     a |= b
> 
> will not be equivalent to:
> 
>     a = a | b
> 

That doesn't bother me, FWIW.

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