--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/templates/named_operator.hpp	Tue Aug 17 11:19:54 2021 +0200
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+#ifndef BASE_NAMED_OPERATOR_HPP
+#define BASE_NAMED_OPERATOR_HPP
+
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace base {
+
+template <typename F>
+struct named_operator_wrapper {
+    F f;
+};
+
+template <typename T, typename F>
+struct named_operator_lhs {
+    F f;
+    T& value;
+};
+
+template <typename T, typename F>
+inline named_operator_lhs<T, F> operator <(T& lhs, named_operator_wrapper<F> rhs) {
+    return {rhs.f, lhs};
+}
+
+template <typename T, typename F>
+inline named_operator_lhs<T const, F> operator <(T const& lhs, named_operator_wrapper<F> rhs) {
+    return {rhs.f, lhs};
+}
+
+template <typename T1, typename T2, typename F>
+inline auto operator >(named_operator_lhs<T1, F> const& lhs, T2 const& rhs)
+    -> decltype(lhs.f(std::declval<T1>(), std::declval<T2>()))
+{
+    return lhs.f(lhs.value, rhs);
+}
+
+template <typename T1, typename T2, typename F>
+inline auto operator >=(named_operator_lhs<T1, F> const& lhs, T2 const& rhs)
+    -> decltype(lhs.value = lhs.f(std::declval<T1>(), std::declval<T2>()))
+{
+    return lhs.value = lhs.f(lhs.value, rhs);
+}
+
+template <typename F>
+inline 
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+constexpr 
+#endif
+named_operator_wrapper<F> make_named_operator(F f) {
+    return {f};
+}
+
+} // namespace base
+
+#endif // ndef BASE_NAMED_OPERATOR_HPP