Hi Paul Operator overloading is using the same operator to serve for multiple data types. For instance a language that differentiated between string and numeric data may overload the '+' operator to perform string concatenation. It is frequently used in object-oriented programming to define the action of the usual operators on a new class. A module supporting, say, complex numbers could overload the arithmetic operators to work on a (real, imaginary) complex pair so that the subsequent programming is more intuitive.
HTH, Rob "Paul Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 014801c2addd$ce92cca0$64fea8c0@pkrausxp">news:014801c2addd$ce92cca0$64fea8c0@pkrausxp... > Programming Perl makes many references to overloading something. For > instance overloading the angle brackets. What does this term mean. I am > assuming it just mean changing the default behavior but I wanted to make > sure. > > Paul Kraus > Network Administrator > PEL Supply Company > 216.267.5775 Voice > 216-267-6176 Fax > www.pelsupply.com > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
