pointer to one operator*

[io_x]

Exist in C++ one pointer to one operator?

if it is possible a pointer to
X& operator*(unsigned b, const X& a){}

will be

X& (*operator*)(unsigned b, const X& a);

right?

[Sam]

io_x writes:

No. An operator is just a function, no different than any other function.
Consider how you would go about using a function pointer. Same thing.

[Alf P. Steinbach]

* io_x:

No.

The last declaration attempts to declare a variable that is a pointer to
routine, and name that variable 'operator*'.

You can't use that special name for variables.

But as to the question you probably meant to ask, no, the built-in operators do
not exist as routines you can take the address of.

It is however a simple matter to define routines that wrap the use of built-in
operators, and the standard library even offers some such routines.

Cheers & hth.,

- Alf

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