C++ greater than or equal to operator

Question

In C++, for the operator greater than or equal to (">="), is it enough to have the operators equal ("=") and greater (">") overloaded to have functionality for the greater than or equal to (">=")? Or do I need to overload the operator (">=") to have functionality for it?

Answer 1

operator >= is not a combination of operator > and operator =. operator >= is its own operator but you can implement it in terms of operator < Typically you would have something like

inline bool operator==(const X& lhs, const X& rhs){ /* do actual comparison */ }
inline bool operator!=(const X& lhs, const X& rhs){return !operator==(lhs,rhs);}
inline bool operator< (const X& lhs, const X& rhs){ /* do actual comparison */ }
inline bool operator> (const X& lhs, const X& rhs){return  operator< (rhs,lhs);}
inline bool operator<=(const X& lhs, const X& rhs){return !operator> (lhs,rhs);}
inline bool operator>=(const X& lhs, const X& rhs){return !operator< (lhs,rhs);}

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