Why friend overloaded operator is preferred to conversion operator in this case

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Published on 2010-03-13T18:07:26Z Indexed on 2010/03/13 18:15 UTC
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Hi I have a code like this, I think both the friend overloaded operator and conversion operator have the similar function. However, why does the friend overloaded operator is called in this case? What's the rules?

Thanks so much!

class A{

    double i;
public:
    A(int i):i(i) {}
    operator double () const { cout<<"conversion operator"<<endl;return i;}                            // a conversion operator
    friend bool operator>(int i, A  a);                            // a friend funcion of operator >
};

bool operator>(int i, A  a ){
    cout<<"Friend"<<endl;
    return i>a.i;
}
int main()
{
    A  aa(1);
     if (0 > aa){
         return 1;
      }
}

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