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<div><h1>globalAssignmentHooks -- assignment hooks for global symbols</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>globalAssignmentHooks#s = f</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>s</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Symbol.html">symbol</a></span>, a global symbol</span></li>
<li><span><tt>f</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Function.html">function</a></span>, a function of two arguments, <tt>f = (sym,val) -> ...</tt>; the argument <tt>sym</tt> is the symbol whose value is about to be assigned to, and <tt>val</tt> is the value about be assigned to it</span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Consequences:<ul><li>whenever an assignment statement of the form <tt>s=e</tt> is done, the expression <tt>f(s,e)</tt> is first evaluated</li>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_global__Assign__Function.html" title="the standard method for the global assignment hook">globalAssignFunction</a> -- the standard method for the global assignment hook</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="_global__Assignment__Hooks.html" title="assignment hooks for global symbols">globalAssignmentHooks</a> is <span>a <a href="___Mutable__Hash__Table.html">mutable hash table</a></span>.</p>
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