Overloading is used to create multiple methods of the same name with different implementations.
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Why is the minus sign, '-', generally not overloaded in the same way as the plus sign?
The plus sign + is used for addition and for string concatenation, but its companion: the minus sign, -, is generally not seen for trimming of strings or some other case other than subtraction. What ...
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Etymology of (function) overloading
Where does the phrase "overload" come from?
It's interesting to see the translation of the term in different languages (e.g. list of Wikipedia articles about overloading), some languages translate it ...
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Overloading to support multiple related types (especially pointers)
Problem
I was just trying to debug a set of file-manipulation routines I wrote for a program I am working on. One of them kept returning an INVALID_HANDLE error.
Explanation
I figured out what the ...
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Overloading Operators - C++
I was experimenting with new overloaded operators, I have created one void operator and another one that returns something when it's called:
#include <iostream>
struct chichachicha{
int ...
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Need help understanding reference operator(C++) in specific functions
In the current semester at the university we are working on OOP with C++.
I would like to understand the difference between a pointer and a reference operator.
The differences that I understand ...
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I don't understand the arguments against operator overloading
I just read one of Joel's articles in which he says:
In general, I have to admit that I’m a little bit scared of language features that hide things. When you see the code
i = j * 5;
… in C ...
