A question about operator overloading?

[dolphin]

Hi All
I just read the C++FAQ . I have something confused. The question
is that :

If you provide constructive operators, they should allow promotion of
the left-hand operand (at least in the case where the class has a
single-parameter ctor that is not marked with the explicit keyword).
For example, if your class Fraction supports promotion from int to
Fraction (via the non-explicit ctor Fraction::Fraction(int)), and if
you allow x - y for two Fraction objects, you should also allow 42 -
y. In practice that simply means that your operator-() should not be a
member function of Fraction. Typically you will make it a friend, if
for no other reason than to force it into the public: part of the
class, but even if it is not a friend, it should not be a member.


Why the operator-() should not be a member function? Can someone give
a example?

 

[Abhishek Padmanabh]

Hi All
I just read the C++FAQ . I have something confused. The question
is that :

If you provide constructive operators, they should allow promotion of
the left-hand operand (at least in the case where the class has a
single-parameter ctor that is not marked with the explicit keyword).
For example, if your class Fraction supports promotion from int to
Fraction (via the non-explicit ctor Fraction::Fraction(int)), and if
you allow x - y for two Fraction objects, you should also allow 42 -
y. In practice that simply means that your operator-() should not be a
member function of Fraction. Typically you will make it a friend, if
for no other reason than to force it into the public: part of the
class, but even if it is not a friend, it should not be a member.

Why the operator-() should not be a member function? Can someone give
a example?

Aah, another thread with the same issue. See this one -
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c++/browse_thread/thread/13801063f7add269?tvc=2

Short answer: It can not be a member because the member would never
get invoked!

 

[dolphin]

Aah, another thread with the same issue. See this one -http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c++/browse_thread/thread/138...

Short answer: It can not be a member because the member would never
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Do you mean that operator+(T , T) and operator*(T,T) also should not
be member function?

 

[David Harmon]

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 07:00:20 -0800 (PST) in comp.lang.c++, dolphin

Why the operator-() should not be a member function? Can someone give
a example?

#include <complex>
int main()
{
std::complex<double> v(0.5);
v - 1.0; // works whether or not - is a member
1.0 - v; // Works only if - is a non-member.
}