In article <1993Jan22.075317.21062@usl.edu>, rks9954@usl.edu (Srinivasa Rao K) writes:
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|> Hi C++ masters,
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|> I have small question ...
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|> I am writing a "string" class which i should be able
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|> string str1;
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|> str1 = "Hello world" ;
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|> But We canot use a friend to overload the assignment oprator.
Why should you want to use a friend to redefine the assignment operator? If you are designing a class you can also include a definition for the `=` operator to give it the semantics you want. See 13.4 ARM.
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|> So finally I had to convince myself to use something like
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|> str1 <= "Hello world"
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|> which works.
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|> Is there any way to do the first method ....
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|> Thanks for those who spend time reading this ....
