From: Anurag Priyam <anurag08priyam@...>
Date: 2011-01-12T13:18:53+09:00
Subject: Re: :: -- operator or not?

>> So, is :: an operator or not?
>
> I would say no, because as far as I can tell, it can't be overloaded. Every
> other operator can be overloaded in some context. It would be kind of cool if

That is not a very good way of deciding whether something is an
operator or not. There are a couple of operators (&&, ||) that can't
be overloaded, and non-operator([] ref: Flanagan, and Matz), but they
can be overloaded.

> It's a fine semantic difference, though -- I don't think it matters whether
> it's an operator or not.

Exactly. Colloquially, you can call it whatever suits you - operator,
or separator, as long as you are aware of the semantics.

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