Question

class Test
{
public:
    operator Test * () { return NULL; };
};

int main()
{
    Test test;
    if (test == NULL)
        printf("Wtf happened here?\n");

    return 0;
}

How is it that this code compiles? How did Test get a comparison operator? Is there some implicit casting going around? What does that overloaded operator even mean (and do)?

Answer 1

The overloaded operator adds a conversion from Test to Test *. Since there is no comparision operator defined that takes Test and NULL as arguments, any conversion operators that exists are tried. operator Test * returns a type which is comparable with NULL, so it is used.