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I just started studying C++, and I met this new guy: ->. I was wondering if it means something different than (.) or not, and if it does, what it is.
Can you answer that? I looked for it a bit, but I didn´t find anything to answer my question.
If you start with a pointer to an object, use
->. If you start with a reference or direct value of class type, use.. If you use the wrong one, the compiler should give a pretty clear error message.a->bis defined to be synonymous with(*a).b.Except in the case of operator overloading, in which case
->and*must be overloaded separately, and.cannot be overloaded.