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CS-2303, C-Term 2010 More on Operator Overloading More on Operator Overloading CS-2303System Programming Concepts  (Slides include materials from The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, by Kernighan and Ritchie, from C: How to Program, 5th and 6th editions, by Deitel and Deitel, and from The C++ Programming Language, 3rd edition, by Bjarne Stroustrup) Case Study — Array Class Problems with pointer-based arrays in C++:– No range checking. Cannot be compared meaningfully with == No array assignment (array names are const pointers). If array passed to a function, size must be passed as a separate argument. Can we do better? I.e., can we create a data type that looks like an array but has the missing properties Point of Operator Overloading By using C++ classes and operator overloading, … … one can significantly change the capabilities of a built-in type In this case, of the built-in array type Case Study — Array Class Implement an Array class with:– Range checking Array assignment ( = ) Arrays that know their own size. Array comparisons with == and != Output/input of entire arrays with and Array Class Copy Constructor Used whenever copy of object is needed: Passing by value (return value or parameter). Initializing an object with a copy of another of same type. Array newArray( oldArray ); or Array newArray = oldArray; Both are identical newArray is a copy of oldArray. Definition – Copy Constructor A constructor of some type T of the form T (const T); The single argument must be a const reference to an existing object of same type Creates a duplicate of the existing object Used whenever a copy of an object is needed Including arguments to functions, results returned from functions Array Class Definition Array Class Definition Array Class Definition (continued) Array Class Implementation Array Class Implementation (continued) Array Class Implementation (continued) Array Class Implementation (continued) Array Class Implementation (continued) Array Class I