From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: C++ overloaded operators and operator preceedence
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 23:57:19 -0700
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Jeff Weeks wrote:

> Alright, does anybody know if operator preceedence (or, order of
> operations) is preserved when you overload an operator in C++?
> 
> For instance, if you overload the * operator, will it still be processed
> along side division in the operator preceedence?  Or will overloaded
> operators just be interpreted from left to right?

Correct.  The number of arguments (though the types may differ, even
within one operator) are unchangeable, as well as the operator precedence
for all the overloadable operators.

> In simpler terms will 3 + 2 * 2 equal 7 or 10 if both + and * are
> overloaded?

Basically, yes, provided you overloaded them with some sort of trivial
case.

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