Overloading Binary Operators

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You can overload a binary operator by declaring a nonstatic member function taking one argument, or by declaring a non-member function (usually friend) taking two arguments.

If @ represents a binary operator, x@y can be interpreted as either x.operator@(y) or operator@(x,y) depending on the declarations made.

If both forms have been declared, standard argument matching is applied to resolve any ambiguity.

See Also

• Binary Operators Summary (C++)
• Example Of Overloading Operators
• Overloaded Operators And Inheritance
• Overloading Operator Functions
• Overloading The Assignment operator = (C++)
• Overloading The Class Member Access Operators ->
• Overloading The Function Call Operator ( )
• Overloading The Subscript Operator