Operator overhaul

[Stewart Gordon]

"Denis Koroskin" <2korden at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:op.ujyj0qpio7cclz at proton.creatstudio.intranet...
<snip>
> I often use the following pattern:
>
> [code]
>     auto possibleResults[3] = [
>         Result1,
>         Result2,
>         Result3,
>     ];
>
>     int cmp = compare(a, b) + 1; // cmp is 0, 1 or 2
>     return possibleResults[cmp];
> [/code]

So you rely on custom-made compare functions that always return -1, 0 or 1? 
In this case, why not make them return 0, 1 or 2 in the first place?

Stewart.

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