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From: Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Overloading + operator
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Daniel Allex <dallex@erols.com> writes:

> I have some Ada code that overloads the + operator.  When I wrote the
> code, I specified the left and write operand types.  

Ok. Although you probably meant "right", not "write".

> In C++ it seems as though I can only overload the + operator in
> relation to a class. 

Yes. I guess you learned C++ before Ada; that means you have to work
hard to first forget all of your C++ knowledge, and then learn the Ada
way :).

> I have a structure that contains 3 elements. I want to add a value
> to the structure. 

Please post the code; it is much easier to understand what you are
doing with real code to read. 

Let me guess; you have something like:

type Foo_Type is record
    element_1 : integer;
    element_2 : integer;
    element_3 : integer;
end record;

Now you want to write a function "+" that does something useful with
this:

function "+" (Left : in Foo_Type; Right : in ???) return Foo_Type;

No problem. Just do it :).

> Do I need to create a class and the add a value to the object?

In Ada, the term "class" refers to a tagged type; you don't need
tagged types to define a "+" function.

-- 
-- Stephe