Operator ->

Gaijinco

Does anyone knows what is the official name of the operator ->?

I keep hearing different names, none of which makes much sense. I
looked in many places for a name but no one seems to bother! (Maybe I
should do that too)

Thanks.

Apr 6 '07 #1

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Victor Bazarov

Gaijinco wrote:

Does anyone knows what is the official name of the operator ->?

It's called "class member access operator"; the "symbol" is called
"an arrow".

I keep hearing different names, none of which makes much sense. I
looked in many places for a name but no one seems to bother! (Maybe I
should do that too)

Standard 5.2.5 defines it.

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Apr 6 '07 #2

Greg Comeau

In article <11*********************@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups. com>,
Gaijinco <ga******@gmail.comwrote:

>Does anyone knows what is the official name of the operator ->?

I keep hearing different names, none of which makes much sense. I
looked in many places for a name but no one seems to bother! (Maybe I
should do that too)

arrow
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Apr 6 '07 #3

Greg Comeau

In article <11*********************@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups. com>,
Gaijinco <ga******@gmail.comwrote:

>Does anyone knows what is the official name of the operator ->?

I keep hearing different names, none of which makes much sense. I
looked in many places for a name but no one seems to bother! (Maybe I
should do that too)

I just posted sayign arrow, but thought better to look it up.
Standard C++ labels it the "arrow" and "class member access" operator.

With ->* being a point to member operator.

And note that . and :: are also class member access operators,
of which arrow is one of them. So I guess together: the
arrow class member access operator.
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