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Asked: 2026-06-13T05:15:23+00:00

In C# you can overload operators, e.g. + and * . In their mathematical

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In C# you can overload operators, e.g. + and *. In their mathematical interpretation, these operators have a well defined order of precedence.

Is this order kept when overloading, does it change in some deterministic way, or can you overload the order of precedence as well?

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    If you overload an operator, it will always take precedence over the default implementation. However, you can’t change the precedence of the operator itself, so it will be kept as default. More information on MSDN.

    Relevant quotes:

    User-defined operator implementations always take precedence over
    predefined operator implementations: Only when no applicable
    user-defined operator implementations exist will the predefined
    operator implementations be considered.

    and

    User-defined operator declarations cannot modify the syntax,
    precedence, or associativity of an operator. For example, the /
    operator is always a binary operator, always has the precedence level
    specified in Section 7.2.1, and is always left-associative.

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