Thread: Overloading operators in a template class

I am trying to overload various operators for a class I am creating. In this instance, I am trying the assignment operator. I get the same error for all of them, so I will post just the assignment operator:
// header

Code:

#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>

namespace mine {
	template<class type>
	class vector
	{
	public:
	        ...
		vector& operator=(const vector& other);
	        ...
	};
}

and the implementation

Code:

#include "vector.h"
#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>


template<class type>
vector& vector::vector<type>::operator=(const vector& other) {
	if(&other != this) {
		ptr = new type [other.n];
		for (int i = 0; i < other.n; i++) {
			ptr[i] = other.ptr[i];
		}
	}
}

I've tried various combinations of scoping on the implementation to see if it would do anything but I keep getting the:
"Expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '&' token" error.
I am running this on a Mac OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.2 with Xcode Version 3.2.1. Please Help!