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static operator overloads

Started by Yohomyth Jul 12, 2004 at 8:33 AM 1 replies 250+ views

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Jul 12, 2004 at 8:33 AM

In VC6 I tried to overload an operator with a static function:

CMyClass &operator=(CMyClass &l, int &r)
{
    //...
}

...but it didn't work. I got an error message that said that operator overloads must be non-static. But I got the info on how to do static operator overloads from MSDN library. Is one of my products (VC6/MSDN Library) out of date?

DigitalDelusion

Jul 12, 2004 at 8:35 AM

operator= must be a non static member, other operators can be freestanding

mackscynox

Jul 12, 2004 at 2:38 PM

as far as i know the = operator must be defined with one parameter and the compilers (i didnot try) will generate errors with some operators such as (++pre , [] and also will generate error again if not define an argument in >> , << , == operators)

i mean the "static" error that occurs is because you try the binary operator with 3 arguments

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