Yes my question is why does'nt assignment operator work out of the box ?
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 04/24/2010 07:07 PM, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> On 04/24/2010 06:30 PM, Samkit Jain wrote:
>>> template<class T>
>>> MyClass
>>> {
>>> public:
>>> MyClass() : m_data(10) { }
>>> operator T&() { return m_data; }
>>> private:
>>> T m_data;
>>> };
>>
>> I think this example does what you want:
>>
>> template<class T> class
>> MyClass
>> {
>> public:
>> MyClass() : m_data(10) { }
>> operator T&() { return m_data; }
>> T& operator= (const T &t) { m_data = t; return *this; }
>> private:
>> T m_data;
>> };
>
> I'm sorry, I think I misunderstood your question. You're asking why
>
> instance++;
>
> works, but, say
>
> instance = instance + 1;
>
> doesn't. Apologies.
>
> Andrew.
>
