Re: Same code and different result, Why?
sdiverdi <stephen.diverdi@gmail.com> wrote:
Put another way, why wouldn't these be equivalent:
class MyClass
{
void set ( const MyClass &y ) { ... }
MyClass & operator = ( const MyClass &y ) { set( y ); return
*this; }
...
};
MyClass x, y;
x = x++ + y++;
x.set( x++ + y++ );
They _are_ equivalent. The statement with assignment is executed as
x.operator=(x++ + y++);
All problems with undefined behavior only arise with built-in operators.
Isn't the assignment operator equivalent to calling a function?
For a class - yes. Specifically, it's equivalent to calling operator=
for the class.
Perhaps a better example might be something like this:
int& set(int& x, int y) { x = y; return x; }
int x = 1, y = 2;
x = x++ + y++; // undefined
set(x, x++ + y++); // well-defined
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