Exploring C++20: The Programmer's Introduction to C++

© Ray Lischner 2020

R. LischnerExploring C++20https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5961-0_72

72. Overloaded Functions and Operators

Ray Lischner¹ 

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Ellicott City, MD, USA

 

Exploration 25 introduced the notion of overloaded functions. Exploration 31 continued the journey with overloaded operators. Since then, we’ve managed to get by with a commonsense understanding of overloading. I would be remiss if I did not delve deeper into this subject, so let’s finish the story of overloading by examining the rules of overloaded functions and operators in greater depth. (Operators and functions follow the same rules, so in this Exploration, understand that function applies equally to functions and user-defined operators.)

Type Conversion

Before jumping into the ...