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basic C++ question

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  • 04-09-2008 10:14pm
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    123abcd1983
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    can * operator can be overloaded to perform division?


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    Wcool
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    why don;t you write a small program to test your questions?
    or are you following a written course in English???


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    toiletduck
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    123abcd1983 wrote: »
    can * operator can be overloaded to perform division?

    Yes.


    :pac:


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    unpure
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    * operator is loaded to perform division by default, just include <cstdio>, <cstdlib> and <iostream>.
    Or do you mean used externally in runtime?
    (in which case yes)


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    marco_polo
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    For me the fact that anyone can, or would want to, change the meaning of the universal symbol of multipication (*) to be a division operator using operator overloading sums up everything that is wrong with the concept IMO. Nice idea but far too often misused in reality.


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    toiletduck
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    Personally I find it operator overloading invaluable. What's puzzling me is why the OP didn't try it out first before asking here....


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    kayos
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    toiletduck wrote: »
    Personally I find it operator overloading invaluable. What's puzzling me is why the OP didn't try it out first before asking here....

    Its called getting others to do his homework for him.


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    toiletduck
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    Man I wish I had homework as easy as that back in the day :pac:


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    marco_polo
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    toiletduck wrote: »
    Personally I find it operator overloading invaluable. What's puzzling me is why the OP didn't try it out first before asking here....

    Don't get me wrong used appropriatly it is a powerful and tool in a developers arsenal but quite regularly I have see it misused. Can you honestly say would you like to be the guy maintaining a codebase where a divided by b is written as a * b? No thanks :)


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    unpure
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    * operator is loaded to perform division by default, just include <cstdio>, <cstdlib> and <iostream>.
    Or do you mean used externally in runtime?
    (in which case yes)

    EDIT: * is multiplication.
    My misread.


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    FruitLover
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    You can drive a car with your feet if you like. Doesn't make it a good idea.


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