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overloading operators

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

Regards
Jul 19 '05 #1
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"B.R.Kumar" <ze****@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
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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
Jul 19 '05 #2
On 10 Oct 2003 04:07:13 -0700, ze****@rediffmail.com (B.R.Kumar)
wrote:
y can't operators like .,.*,sizeof be overloaded?????

Regards


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

rossum

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