Re: Invalid operator name?

[Martin Krischik <martin@krischik.com>]

Sandro Magi wrote:

> When I try to define my own operator, I receive an "Invalid operator name"
> error during compilation. I've found references to operator overloading in
> reference materials, but no word whether new operators can be defined
> which leads me to believe that it's not possible.
> 
> Is it not possible to define new operators for a custom type? Can we only
> override the base operators?

Right, only the base operators can be overloaded.  See the following list:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Ada:Operators

However, Operators can be overloaded by Return type as well. See some of the
options used for "*", where the "*" operator my return a String,
Bounded_String or Unbounded_String depending on destination type.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Ada:Operators:*

But beware: to exotic uses for operators make the code more hard to read!

With Regards

Martin
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