It doesn't, since it's a syntax error. The following will work better:
function `-> =`[];
(And soon it will work even better in a Pike 7.5).
/ Henrik Grubbström (Lysator)
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2003-02-10 20:20: Subject: Implicit vs. explicit type casting with Pike
function `->=`[]; works though...
/ Martin Nilsson (Åskblod)