//: C12:ReflexivityInOverloading.cpp // From Thinking in C++, 2nd Edition // Available at http://www.BruceEckel.com // (c) Bruce Eckel 2000 // Copyright notice in Copyright.txt class Number { int i; public: Number(int ii = 0) : i(ii) {} const Number operator+(const Number& n) const { return Number(i + n.i); } friend const Number operator-(const Number&, const Number&); }; const Number operator-(const Number& n1, const Number& n2) { return Number(n1.i - n2.i); } int main() { Number a(47), b(11); a + b; // OK a + 1; // 2nd arg converted to Number //! 1 + a; // Wrong! 1st arg not of type Number a - b; // OK a - 1; // 2nd arg converted to Number 1 - a; // 1st arg converted to Number } ///:~