Re: Total Newbie Backward Compat Question

On Mar 10, 11:05=A0pm, Richard Heathfield <r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Crazy c said:
>
> <snip>
>
> > Are you saying that if I use std::cout, I do not have to overload
> > operator <<?
>
> If you want std::cout to be able to display objects of your own
definition=

> (as opposed to vanilla types such as int, double, etc), then you need to
> overload << within your class.

The overload does not necessarily need to be "within" the class.

[snip]

> =A0 int setx(int x_) { int r =3D x; x =3D x_; return r; }
> =A0 int sety(int y_) { int r =3D y; y =3D y_; return r; }

[snip]

Why did you write setters that return values?

Cheers,
Chris Val