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Hi
when I look at this website http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...erloading.html,
I don't quite understand for the section 13.14 about prefix++ and postfix++.
Number x = /* ... */;
++x; // calls Number::operator++(), i.e., calls x.operator++()
x++; // calls Number::operator++(int), i.e., calls x.operator++(0)
why ++x is calling x.operator++() while x++ is calling calls x.operator++(0)?
when I look at this website http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...erloading.html,
I don't quite understand for the section 13.14 about prefix++ and postfix++.
Number x = /* ... */;
++x; // calls Number::operator++(), i.e., calls x.operator++()
x++; // calls Number::operator++(int), i.e., calls x.operator++(0)
why ++x is calling x.operator++() while x++ is calling calls x.operator++(0)?
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This is the important part:
In other words, if one didn't have a dummy int, there'd be no way to disambiguate them.
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Since the prefix and postfix ++ operators can have two definitions, the C++ language gives us two different signatures. Both are called operator++(), but the prefix version takes no parameters and the postfix version takes a dummy int.
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If you would have been given an options to implement operator++() which would work for both versions of ++, how would you do it?
You need to find some way to distinguish between both of them.
You need to find some way to distinguish between both of them.
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Number x = /* ... */;
++x; // calls Number::operator++(), i.e., calls x.operator++()
x++; // calls Number::operator++(int), i.e., calls x.operator++(0)
That IS the overload method.
As they say: "It is what it is."
You looked it up, NOW YOU KNOW...
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