overloading operators

[B.R.Kumar]

y can't operators like .,.*,sizeof be overloaded?????

Regards

[Josephine Schafer]

Re: overloading operators


"B.R.Kumar" <zeebrk@rediffm ail.com> wrote in message
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> y can't operators like .,.*,sizeof be overloaded?????
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Refer to Clause 5 and 13.6 of the C++ standard.
Snippet from Section 13.3.1.2
"..Note: because ., .*, and :: cannot be overloaded, these operators are always
built-in operators interpreted according to clause 5"


HTH,
J.Schafer

[rossum]

Re: overloading operators

On 10 Oct 2003 04:07:13 -0700, zeebrk@rediffma il.com (B.R.Kumar)
wrote:
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>y can't operators like .,.*,sizeof be overloaded?????
>
>Regards[/color]

Let Bjarne explain:

http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq2.html#overload-dot

rossum

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