Can string be an overloaded operator

[lovecreatesbea...]

How can ``string'' and ``time_t'' be operator functions in the link
below? The two names are not keywords and not shown in the standard in
sec 13.5p1.

Thank you for your time.

<quote>
http://www.tangentsoft.net/mysql++/doc/html/refman/datetime_8h-source.html

00048 class MYSQLPP_EXPORT DateTime : public Comparable<DateTime>
00049 {

....

00165 operator std::string() const;
00166
00168 operator time_t() const;

....
</quote>

 

[Senthil]

How can ``string'' and ``time_t'' be operator functions in the link
below? The two names are not keywords and not shown in the standard in
sec 13.5p1.

Thank you for your time.

<quote>http://www.tangentsoft.net/mysql++/doc/html/refman/datetime_8h-source...

00048 class MYSQLPP_EXPORT DateTime : public Comparable<DateTime>
00049 {

...

00165         operator std::string() const;
00166
00168         operator time_t() const;

...
</quote>

This is a typical example of a conversion operator..

A member function X:perator T(), is a conversion operator where T is
any type name and X is the class name and it defines the conversion
from X to T.

Best Regards,
Senthil