Article | REF: S8065 V1

Programming in C++ language - Concepts

Author: Claude DELANNOY

Publication date: September 10, 2003

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5. Overdefinition of operators

C++ lets you over-define existing operators, i.e. give them a new meaning when they relate (in whole or in part) to objects of class type.

5.1 Mechanism

To override an existing operator op, define a function named operator op (you can put one or more spaces between the word operator and the operator, but you don't have to):

  • or as an independent function (usually a friend of one or more classes);

  • or as a class member function.

In the first case, if op is a binary operator, the notation a op b is equivalent to :

Example

operator op (a, b)

In the second...

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