I know we can implement traits that override the standard arithmetic operators. Can we also create our own traits that overload custom operators? I have come to really enjoy Haskell's system for defining operators.
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No, per the manual the only operators that can be overloaded are:
!— Bitwise or logical complement!=— Nonequality comparison%— Arithmetic remainder%=— Arithmetic remainder and assignment&— Bitwise AND&=— Bitwise AND and assignment*— Arithmetic multiplication*=— Arithmetic multiplication and assignment+— Arithmetic addition+=— Arithmetic addition and assignment-— Arithmetic negation-— Arithmetic subtraction-=— Arithmetic subtraction and assignment/— Arithmetic division/=— Arithmetic division and assignment<<— Left-shift<<=— Left-shift and assignment<— Less than comparison<=— Less than or equal to comparison==— Equality comparison>— Greater than comparison>=— Greater than or equal to comparison>>— Right-shift>>=— Right-shift and assignment^— Bitwise exclusive OR^=— Bitwise exclusive OR and assignment|— Bitwise OR|=— Bitwise OR and assignment
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Do you know if there are any plans to add this functionality? Or, plans to never add this functionality? Thanks – MFlamer May 25 '13 at 00:17
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I would assume (and I have a vague recollection) that Graydon (Rust's BFDL) dislikes it and would prefer to keep it out of the language. But from a cursory search, I can't find any references for this claim. – huon May 25 '13 at 00:19