index operator overload

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From	Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de>
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Subject	index operator overload
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Hello,

I would like to overload in my class the [] or () operator. Many 
tutorials create the call like
myvaluetype& operator[] (const int&)
or
myvaluetype operator[] (const int&)

but is this correct? An index is in my opinion >= 0, so I should use a 
uint like std::size_t .
The call can be also const, because it returns a value with no modify 
of object data.

Is there a coding style guide or anything else for a correct call? I 
would like to create
my overloading call to:
myvaluetype operator[] (const std::size_t&) const;

Thanks

Phil

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index operator overload Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2011-09-17 17:23 +0200
  Re: index operator overload Marc <marc.glisse@gmail.com> - 2011-09-17 16:18 +0000
    Re: index operator overload Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-09-17 09:53 -0700
      Re: index operator overload Marc <marc.glisse@gmail.com> - 2011-09-17 18:22 +0000
  Re: index operator overload Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-17 19:32 +0100
  Re: index operator overload James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> - 2011-09-19 15:31 -0700
    Re: index operator overload Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-09-19 23:41 +0100
  Re: index operator overload Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2011-09-20 21:50 +0200

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