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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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>But what's wrong with having a specific -= operator? It would make code more
>readable, which is a plus. It would be obvious for people to look for such
>before resorting to substition rules.

Creeping featurism.  Obscure semantics (would it do nothing if the rvalue
is not in the lvalue?  What about if the rvalue is added later?).

Bruce


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