function call as lvalue

[Alexander Sorockin <sorockin@...>]

Hi All,

I guess the most likely answer to this question is 'No', but just in case. Is there a way to implement in C a function call as an lvalue? Basically, I want my Lua program to be able to do something like this:

    m = mymessage.create()
    m.byte(1).bits(2, 3) = 2

I know I can implement something like this:

    m.byte(1).bits(2, 3).set(2)

or this:

    m.byte[1].bits[2][3] = 2

But the former looks more elegant to me :)

Cheers,
Sandy