basic C++ question

123abcd1983

can * operator can be overloaded to perform division?

Wcool

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

toiletduck

123abcd1983 wrote: »

can * operator can be overloaded to perform division?

Yes.


:pac:

unpure

* 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)

marco_polo

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.

toiletduck

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

kayos

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.

toiletduck

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

marco_polo

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

unpure

* 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.

FruitLover

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