Re: C++ Primer ex 7.31
On 2007-08-24 15:20, arnuld wrote:
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:59:02 +0000, Erik Wikstr?m wrote:
The problem is that the task is to use add public members, and frankly I
can't see how that is supposed to end up in anything useful.
Using members you could do something like this:
class Foo
{
int i;
public:
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s) {
return s << i;
}
}
std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& s) {
return s >> i;
}
};
one thing i did not get is: why you used "operator>>" rather than ">>" ?
Because that's how you overload the >> operator.
int main()
{
Foo f;
f >> std::cin;
f << std::cout;
}
}
But then it's not "like the input and output operators of standard
library".
I would do the exercise with non-member friends instead, since that
would be some useful experience.
you mean no OOP, wrting iostream operators using procedural method ?
Just because it's not a member-function does not make it less OO, IMO.
--
Erik Wikstr?m
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