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authorAndreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>2016-03-05 16:13:23 +0100
committerAndreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>2016-03-05 16:13:23 +0100
commitcc925d97f41c7909cf911102365929aabc7aae2e (patch)
treecc563ad8eba03f00f75e1f7d16ebdb58752e51ef /lib/pure/net.nim
parentef36a9dc3d0cce83442fda8c8d50738c470ca5c3 (diff)
downloadNim-cc925d97f41c7909cf911102365929aabc7aae2e.tar.gz
the stdlib supports &= in more contexts; refs #3524
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diff --git a/lib/pure/net.nim b/lib/pure/net.nim
index dbb78c4de..b9764edd3 100644
--- a/lib/pure/net.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/net.nim
@@ -895,6 +895,10 @@ proc send*(socket: Socket, data: string,
   if sent != data.len:
     raiseOSError(osLastError(), "Could not send all data.")
 
+template `&=`*(socket: Socket; data: typed) =
+  ## an alias for 'send'.
+  send(socket, data)
+
 proc trySend*(socket: Socket, data: string): bool {.tags: [WriteIOEffect].} =
   ## Safe alternative to ``send``. Does not raise an EOS when an error occurs,
   ## and instead returns ``false`` on failure.