C++中为什么运算符重载要加取址符

Question

先上代码

#include <iostream.h>
#include <string>
class mystring{
    char * pstr;
    int length;
public:
    mystring(){
        pstr=NULL;
        length =0;}
    mystring(char * p,int n){
        pstr = new char[n];
        pstr= strcpy(p,pstr);
    }
    ~mystring(){delete[]pstr;}
    mystring  & operator = (const mystring & temp){
        if(pstr!=NULL)
            delete [] pstr;
        length=temp.length;
        pstr=new char[length+1];
        strcpy(pstr,temp.pstr);
        return *this;
    }
    friend ostream & operator<<(ostream & os,mystring & temp);
    friend istream & operator>>(istream & is,mystring & temp);
};

ostream & operator<<(ostream & os,mystring & temp){
cout<<temp.pstr;
return os;
}

istream & operator>>(istream & is,mystring & temp){
char p[10000];
if((temp.pstr)!=NULL)
delete []temp.pstr;
cout<<"请输入字符串内容:"< cin>>p;
temp.pstr=new char[strlen(p)+1];
strcpy(temp.pstr,p);
temp.length=strlen(p);
return is;
}

void main(){
mystring a,b;
cin>>a;
b=a;
cout<<"b="<<b<<endl;
}

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有取址符不报错


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没有取址符，报错了

我想问各位大佬，为什么没有取址符这里报错了

Answer 1

这是引用，不是取地址。目的是避免调用拷贝构造函数
好比 int a = b * c;这里的*不是指针。