postfix-operator

C# Operator Overloading post-fix increment

I'm coding a date class and am having trouble with the post-fix increment (the prefix increment seems fine). Here is the sample code: public class date { int year, month, day; public date(int d, int m, int y) { day = d; month = m; year = y; } static public date operator ++(d...

return value of prefix and postfix in C++

Why in C++ the prefix return a reference but the postfix return a value? ...