[Discuss] OT - C++ operator overloading question.

Adam Parkin pzelnip at telus.net
Thu Aug 31 07:23:20 PDT 2006


David Bronaugh wrote:
> Yeah, but who cares? It'll work if you don't need to return it, and it 
> significantly decreases code complexity.

"Significantly decreases code complexity?"  Methinks that's a bit of an 
overstatement.  I agree with you that it's a technique worth using in 
moderation, but my point still stands: you have to be aware of the fact 
you can't return a reference to a local variable.

>> Yet another reason to use a decent language (ie one with garbage 
>> collection). =;-p

> GC doesn't make a language decent. Java is proof of that.

DING!  And let the language wars begin anew..... =8-p
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