Class overoaded operators

[Scienceprof]

I want to write Exponent class that overoads the ^ operator so it can be used to perform exponential notation. For instance if you use the statement
int iResult = 10 ^ 3;, the iResult variable should be assigned a value of 1000. How can I write that?

[weaknessforcats]

Hmmm. Please refresh my memory and tell me what the ^ operator does.

[JosAH]

Hmmm. Please refresh my memory and tell me what the ^ operator does.

It bitwise exclusive or's both of its integral operands. AFAICT you can't overload an
operator for two primitives (such as int).

kind regards,

Jos

[Banfa]

Not to mention it is very poor practice in any class to overload any arithmetic operator to a different arithmetic function. It is bound to cause confusion, mis-use and hours of debugging.

[weaknessforcats]

Quote:
Originally Posted by weaknessforcats
Hmmm. Please refresh my memory and tell me what the ^ operator does.


It bitwise exclusive or's both of its integral operands. AFAICT you can't overload an
operator for two primitives (such as int).

Hook, line and sinker. The OP was to answer this. Banfa has the correct take on this.