Is it possible to define own operators?

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Polan

(Posted 2012) [#1]

Some laungage like ada and I think c let you do something like this:
procedure/method "+"(arg1,arg2)
Is it possible to do something like that in blitz?

col	(Posted 2012) [#2]

Unfortunately not in the same way.

There are a hundred alternative ways to do something similar, but being as you usually have to code those yourself in the other languages anyway...

This is one of many ways for something similar

Strict

Type TVector
	Field X#
	Field Y#
	Field Z#

	Method Add(A:TVector)
		X :+ A.X
		Y :+ A.Y
		Z :+ A.Z
	EndMethod
	
	Method Sub(A:TVector)
		X :- A.X
		Y :- A.Y
		Z :- A.Z
	EndMethod
EndType

Local Dir0Vec:TVector = New TVector
Local Dir1Vec:TVector = New TVector

Dir0Vec.X = 10 ; Dir0Vec.Y = 10 ; Dir0Vec.Z = 10
Dir1Vec.X = 25 ; Dir1Vec.Y = 25 ; Dir1Vec.Z = 25

Dir0Vec.Add(Dir1Vec)

Polan

(Posted 2012) [#3]

Thanks for the answer.