From: makulik AT tf16 DOT mch DOT sni DOT de (Makulik.Guenther T 27528 R 91-811 WS tx24 )
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Subject: Re: Overloading the << operator.
Date: 6 Aug 1997 10:16:12 GMT
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Erik Max Francis (max AT alcyone DOT com) wrote:
: Insomnia wrote:

: > > Is there any way to overload the << operator as a friend function in a
: > > class in djgpp?  I tried the following:
: > >
: > > friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &, MyClass &);
: > >
: > > Unfortunately, djgpp didn't like this.  Anyone have any ideas?
: > >
: >         Try:
: >         friend ostream &operator << (ostream &, const MyClass &);
: >                                                 ^^^^^
: >         This works fine for me.
That's not the problem for sure! It is allowed to declare the parameter as non-const.

It would be helpful to have a look at a larger piece of code, because the piece you
posted looks right. I used overloading of the ostream operator<< with DJGPP and it
worked fine.

cu
guenther