From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-10 02:15:35
Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website for Email) wrote:
> > As Andras Erdei the gap between people who know about special properties
>
> of
>
> > operator(), and those who know that overloaded version does not have that
> > properties is very, very narrow.
>
> Let's not forget that this basis is just a conjecture.
The opposite statement, that user expects operator, to do sequencing and will
expect the same from overloaded one, is conjecture as well.
I think it's a bit hard to draw any definitive conclusion that overloading
operator, is evil unless users of assignment library will start complaining
here, and I don't thin I have more to add.
- Volodya