From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: C++ in Mail Archive
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 18:49:38 -0300
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Ralph Proctor wrote:
> >Overloading is also a major function, with the
> >iostream being the prime example of this.
> This I don't understand.
	Here is an example of function overloading:

void Print(int a);
void Print(float a);
void Print(char* a);

//In C you would have to use different names:
void PrintInt(int a);
void PrintFloat(float a);
void PrintString(char* a);

// Or 
void Print(char* format, ...);
// But that is slightly annoying to program.

You can also do the same thing with operators:

struct Complex {int real,fake;}

Complex operator + (Complex a, Complex b);
//This function will be called anytime you do something like this:

Complex A,B,C;
 A = B+C;  //Called here.

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