using T& operator*(T*);

[sandSpiderX]

Hi,

How do i use this definition of overloaded operator,
T& operator*(T*);
like

struct X {};

X ox;
X* px=&ox;
X oy;

oy=*px;

is this correct use of this operator overload.

Help
SS

 

[John Carson]

Hi,

How do i use this definition of overloaded operator,
T& operator*(T*);
like

struct X {};

X ox;
X* px=&ox;
X oy;

oy=*px;

is this correct use of this operator overload.

No, it is not even close. You can't guess this stuff, but it is explained in
any number of textbooks. You should be working through one.

 

[sandSpiderX]

Can I see some code now
Some example of this ....

 

[John Carson]

Can I see some code now
Some example of this ....

Here is a free 2 volume book with massive amounts of sample code. Chapter 12
in volume 1 gives sample code for overloading every possible operator.

http://mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html

 

[Rolf Magnus]

Hi,

How do i use this definition of overloaded operator,
T& operator*(T*);

You cannot overload this operator. T* is a built-in type, and operators that
only have built-in types as parameters cannot be user-defined.

 

[sandSpiderX]

Hi, Rolf,

This is confusing....

operators that only have built-in types as parameters cannot be
user-defined.

However, this is the goal of operator overloading. Every operator which
is overloaded has built in type as parameters or operands.

AFAIK, this is the central core to operator overloading....to enable
operators work on user defined types which have only operands as built
in types...

Suggest
sandSpiderX.

 

[Rolf Magnus]

Hi, Rolf,

This is confusing....

operators that only have built-in types as parameters cannot be
user-defined.

However, this is the goal of operator overloading.

No, it isn't. The goal is to extend the behavior of C++ with user-defined
types, not to modify the built-in behavior.

Every operator which is overloaded has built in type as parameters or
operands.

No. You can only overload operators for user-defined types.

AFAIK, this is the central core to operator overloading....to enable
operators work on user defined types which have only operands as built
in types...

No. The parameters are what is used to select a specific operator. If those
are only built-in types, how would the compiler know that you do not want
the built-in operator but the other one? Which is more or less the question
you were initially asking for.