DevX Tips Bank: Overloading

Overloading the const and non-const Member Functions

We all know about the function overloading feature in C++, which allows us to have the …

Detect an Operator Overloading a Class

Define the operator globally so that it accepts all user defined types in order to detect …

Visual Inheritance with C#

Microsoft VS.NET provides design-time support for form inheritance. A derived form can be …

Simplify Operator Overloading

Operator overloading may seem like a complicated task, but in fact, it's really simple. …

Avoid Empty Member Initialization Lists

Following yesterday's tip, here's another deprecated habit that programmers should …

Overloading Methods

Suppose you are writing a method in a class that accepts a parameter of a given type. …

Invoking Overloaded Operators Explicitly

The overloaded operator mechanism is "syntactic sugar" for ordinary function calls. You …

Equivalence Relationship in STL

Certain STL containers and algorithms require that you overload operator < for the …

Deep Copy and Shallow Copy

The terms "deep copy" and "shallow copy" refer to the way objects are copied, for example, …

Guidelines for Overloading the + Operator

The built-in + operator is a binary operator that takes two arguments of the same type and …

Ensure Your Overloaded Subscript Operator Returns an Object by Reference

When you overload the subscript operator, remember that the non-const version of the …

Overloading the Function Call Operator

Overloading the function call operator can be somewhat confusing because the overloaded …

Overloading the Subscript Operator the Right Way

It is customary to overload the subscript operator, [], in classes that hold a sequence …

Operators Can Only be Overloaded for User-Defined Types

An overloaded operator must take at least one argument of a user-defined type (operators …

Overload New and Delete in a Class

It is possible to override the global operators new and delete for a given class. For …