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:

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#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>

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

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and the implementation

Code:

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#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];
                }
        }
}

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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!

Giving it a quick look, you would probably need

Code:

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using namespace mine;

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or

Code:

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mine::list::vector<type>::operator=(..)

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Sorry, the list that was in the original post has been removed.
I've tried:

Code:

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mine::vector<type>::operator=(...)

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but I still receive the same error...

Post the smallest and simplest program that you think should compile but which demonstrates the compile error that you are currently facing.

Try

Code:

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template<class type>
mine::vector<type> &mine::vector<type>::operator=(const mine::vector<type> & other)
// etc

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Probably better to do things in a manner that avoids the need for a self-assignment test too, but that's unrelated to your problem.