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From: Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com>
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Subject: Re: templated operator()<<
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:59:01 +0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:29:10 +0200, Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet wrote:

> * Ruben Safir, on 12.04.2011 01:39:
>> as I understand things, the operator<<() needs to be external as to the
>> class and then declared as a friend of the class.  I'm not sure if I
>> understand why that is the case.
> 


what??  operator<<() can be a normal class member?

> It's not the case. ;-)
> 
> 
> [snip question that's apparently already answered]
> 
> Cheers & hth.,
> 
> - Alf