operator overloading problem.......

[gateway23]

sir/mam can you please tell me if there is any particular reason why the following operators can't be oveloaded.. . :: ?:

[Niklas L]

You can read what the inventor of the language, Bjarne Stroustrup, thinks about this right here[^]. No-one can give you a better explanation than him.

[JanakiramanElumalai]

The mentioned operators are used for only one purpose. Example in c++ the '.' operator used only for accessing member functions. (so there is no use of overloading '.' ) . :: ?: But the symbols (+,- and etc..) are used to add numbers and objects . Ex: By default '+' operators are used for adding the numbers only and not the objects (we are overloading the '+' operator to add the objects ) In c++ operator overloading takes the meaning as below Operator Overloading: customize the operator to do other operations also(other than default operation). clear?

[Stefan_Lang]

Great link! The explanations are even better than those found in Stroustrup's 'The C++ Programming Language' (that's what I checked, I was especially curious about :? and am somewhat disappointed that there isn't even a good reason against overloading it. I could think of a good use or two...)

[Niklas L]

The entire page is a good resource. In the next version of the standard I'm looking forward to see overloading of the new operators: ; - ) and : - P