Can string be an overloaded operator

[lovecreatesbea...@gmail.com]

How can ``string'' and ``time_t'' be operator functions in the link
below? The two names are not keywords and not shown in the standard in
sec 13.5p1.

Thank you for your time.

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http://www.tangentsoft.net/mysql++/doc/html/refman/datetime_8h-source.html

00048 class MYSQLPP_EXPORT DateTime : public Comparable<Date Time>
00049 {

....

00165 operator std::string() const;
00166
00168 operator time_t() const;

....
</quote>

[Senthil]

Re: Can string be an overloaded operator

On Aug 19, 12:06 pm, "lovecreatesbea ...@gmail.com"
<lovecreatesbea ...@gmail.comwr ote:

How can ``string'' and ``time_t'' be operator functions in the link
below? The two names are not keywords and not shown in the standard in
sec 13.5p1.
>
Thank you for your time.
>
<quote>http://www.tangentsoft.net/mysql++/d...time_8h-source...
>
00048 class MYSQLPP_EXPORT DateTime : public Comparable<Date Time>
00049 {
>
...
>
00165         operator std::string() const;
00166
00168         operator time_t() const;
>
...
</quote>

This is a typical example of a conversion operator..

A member function X::operator T(), is a conversion operator where T is
any type name and X is the class name and it defines the conversion
from X to T.

Best Regards,
Senthil