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In your own words describe the goal of operator overloading.

Describe the difference between a shallow copy and a deep copy.

What type of copy does a default, compiler-provided assignment operator perform?

Describe how operator overloading is related to function overloading.

(T/F) Operators overloaded in base classes can be overridden in derived classes.

What is the purpose of the dummy integer parameter in the postfix version of the increment and decrement operators?

What level of access does a friend function of a class enjoy?

How would non-member operator functions gain access to private class data members?

When overloading arithmetic operators, to what type of error checking should you pay particular attention?

What is the ultimate result and benefit of operator overloading?