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From: mat@mole-end.UUCP (Mark A Terribile)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: () and []
Keywords: special-operators
Message-ID: <156@mole-end.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 89 06:10:19 GMT
Organization: mole-end--private system.  admin: mole-end!newtnews
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C++ requires that the function call and subscripting operators, when
overloaded, be member functions.  What is the reason for this restriction?
Is there a chance that it will be lifted or weakened (perhaps to allow
non-member overloads whose LHS is a class type or reference thereto)?
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From mole-end				Mark Terribile