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Is it possible to do operator overloading or something similar (inline function?) in C? I know that c does not support class, but could I make an operator for a struct?

I cannot find anything about this online, because Google will ignore '+' so if I try to google this I only get C++ results.

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  • Many C compilers support inline functions, but C doesn't have operator overloading. In fact, according to Wikipedia, C99 supports inline functions as part of the standard. Commented Mar 8, 2012 at 0:13
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    possible duplicate of Operator overloading in C Commented Mar 8, 2012 at 0:14

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No, you can't do that in C. Use C++ if you want to overload operators.

You can put function pointers inside a structure if you want a sort of C++ object-like behaviour.

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Do what? Put a function pointer in a structure? struct x { void (*functionPointer)(void) };
Operator overloading is in fact the reason I switched to C++ for a project I worked on -- it is a lot more convenient to use an overloaded operator than a normal function when doing vector math.
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No it is not possible.

By the way, you can remove C++ from google search results if you add -"C++" to your search query.

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C++ introduced an important and interesting feature which is operator overloading.

So you will have to use it if you want to use this feature.

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C does not support operator overloading or having functions inside structs. You will need to use C++ for those features.

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C does not support operator overloading.

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