Which Situation Would Require the Operator to Be Overloaded as a Non-Member

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which situation would require the operator to be overloaded as a non-member function?

• A) The overloaded operator is =.
• B) The left most operand must be a class object (or a reference to a class object).
• C) The left operand is an int.
• D) The operator returns a reference.

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