On 04/25/2010 04:44 AM, Samkit Jain wrote:
> Yes my question is why does'nt assignment operator work out of the box ?
But why should it? You haven't defined one.
Andrew.
P.S. Please don't top-post.
> 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.
>>
