Re: Simulating new user-defined operators

> What are the merits of this solution over just using a set for ctors for
> the E and SL cl*****?
> E(DeleteFile(file));
> string message = format (SL(IDS_OUT_OF_RANGE)) % value;

It is a short-hand.

In my use case E and SL are instances of cl***** (i.e. objects); not
cl*****. But your alternative with constructors (or even better, just
free functions) of course works. It is also just one more letter. But
the hassle is the nesting of parenthesis.

Your syntax can be achieved with my objects by overloading operator
'()'. In fact I have both operator % and () overloaded in my code
(sometimes the latter is required for proper precedence). But I
generally prefer the shorter % operator for readability and
productivity.

Regards,
Vidar Hasfjord

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