Would it be possible/usefull/fast to implement expression overloading instead of operator overloading?

What I call "expression overloading" is like:

float add_mul_func(float a, float b, float c)
written 'a * b + c' or 'c + a * b'
{
version d
    {
    return a * b + c;
    }
version x86
    {
    asm
        {
        FMULADD c,a,b
        ...
        }
    }
}

"Bob" <bob.efrei@laposte.net> wrote in message news:cajoi9$4pb$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Would it be possible/usefull/fast to implement expression overloading instead of operator overloading?

Not at the moment. Yes. Yes.

But whether it's desirable depends on the effects it would have on the language. I suspect they would be quite significant, so don't expect to see it in 1.0.

But having an interest in such things - see my article Fast String Concatenation in June's C/C++ Journal - I would be interested in seeing this issue explored at a later time.



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