Why would one overload the && and & operator?

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Published on 2011-03-06T10:10:58Z Indexed on 2011/03/06 16:17 UTC
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The same question goes for | and ||.

Why would one overload or 'use' the & and && operator? The only use i thought of are

  • Bitwise Ands for int base types (but not float/decimals) using &
  • logical short circuit for bools/functions that return bool. Using the && operator usually.

I cant think of any classes that use those operators. Absolutely none. I know a class might support + (and not '-') which combine two strings together. I seen an object such as datetime overload '-' so two dates can be subtracted to make a timespan (obviously you cant add two dates) but i never seen &, &&, | and || used.

Does anyone know of a use? In any language?

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