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Defaulted Overloaded Post [Inc/Dec]rement Operators

From: Desmond Gold Bongcawel <desmondbongcawel922_at_[hidden]>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 19:11:53 +0800
I have seen some implementations where the majority of the definition of
overloaded post-increment or decrement are common.

I proposed a feature where you can only "explicitly" default the following
operators:

class_name operator++(int) = default;
class_name operator--(int) = default;

where they both rely on the pre-increment and decrement operators. The
rough equivalent may be:

class_name operator++(int) {
  auto temp = *this;
  ++*this;
  return temp;
}

class_name operator--(int) {
  auto temp = *this;
  --*this;
  return temp;
}

I hope this one could help even if it's a minor addition.

Received on 2021-09-22 06:12:07