Am I correct in reading that 'bitand' is merely a token alias?  Should the
compiler accept it as a prefix operator?
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In article 1@uuneo.neosoft.com, "Bill Wade" <bill.wade@stoner.com> writes:
>Am I correct in reading that 'bitand' is merely a token alias?  Should the
>compiler accept it as a prefix operator?

Yes, "bitand" is just another way to spell "&". But I'd say you are not
doing readers of your code any favors if you write something like

 int* p = bitand j; // yuck

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