Operator overloading can make your code more intuitive and enable it to act more like the built-in types. It can also make your code unmanageably complex and obtuse if you break the common idiom for the use of operators. Resist the temptation to use operators in new and idiosyncratic ways.
For example, although it might be tempting to overload the increment
operator (++
) on an employee class to invoke a
method incrementing the employee’s pay level, this can create
tremendous confusion for clients of your class. It is best to use
operator overloading sparingly, and only when its meaning is clear
and consistent with how the built-in classes operate.
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