Operator Overloading

Overview

Rust allows operator overloading through trait implementation (Add, Sub, Mul, etc.).

Code Example

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
use std::ops::Add;

#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
struct Complex {
    real: f64,
    imag: f64,
}

impl Add for Complex {
    type Output = Self;
    
    fn add(self, other: Self) -> Self {
        Self {
            real: self.real + other.real,
            imag: self.imag + other.imag,
        }
    }
}

let c1 = Complex { real: 1.0, imag: 2.0 };
let c2 = Complex { real: 3.0, imag: 4.0 };
let c3 = c1 + c2;
println!("Complex addition: {:?} + {:?} = {:?}", c1, c2, c3);
}

Key Concepts

• Implement operator traits to enable custom operators
• Supports: +, -, *, /, %, &, |, ^, <<, >>, etc.
• Can implement for assignment operators too

Learn More

• std::ops documentation