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From: "Bryan Murphy" <bf461 AT cleveland DOT freenet DOT edu>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Operator == Implementation Question
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 10:58:13 -0400
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I have a question about operator== for classes.  What is the best method
for implementing that?   Currently, I have a string called name, and each
object has an individual name.  I just use that for comparison.  

       operator == (const OBJECT &object)
       {
                   return strcmp(name,object.name) == 0;
       };

however, would this work fine for me?  As far as I can tell, it would, and
it would probably work for all objects (not just ones with names).  Or,
is there a better way?  I'd rather not give each object a unique name if I
don't have to. 

operator == (const OBJECT &object)
{
return (this == &object);
};