Dangers of Operator Overloading

Syntax for Operator Overloading

Two Factors that Govern Number of Arguments in List

Unary Operators that can be Overloaded

Binary Operators that can be Overloaded

4 Steps in Pattern that Govern Arguments and Return Values

Unusual Operators that can be Overloaded

Operators that cannot be overloaded

Member vs Non-member Operators

Guidelines for Operator Overloading

Creating Overloaded Assignment Operator

Behavior of operator= with respect to pointers in classes

reference counting

copy-on-write

Operator= with respect to reference counting

automatic operator= creation

automatic type conversion

Automatic Type Conversion in Constructors

Prevent automatic type conversion in constructors

Automatic type conversion in conjunction with operator overloading

reflexivity

Pitfalls of automatic type conversion