overloading operators

[B.R.Kumar]

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

Regards

 

[Josephine Schafer]

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

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]

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

Regards

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

rossum