C Programming – Is Operator Overloading Supported in C?

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When I read about the LCC (Windows) compiler, I found out it has the implementation for operator overloading.

However, after a bit of Googling, I've confirmed that operator overloading isn't supported in standard C, although someone's comment mentioned LCC is ANSI-compliant.

Is LCC really standard C or is it just like objective-c, a C variant with object-oriented features?

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No, it's an extension. You're allowed to have extensions as long as they don't conflict with the standard.

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Does this help to deter programmers from abusing overloading 
in the aforementioned manner?

Well, I think first we should define what the abuse is? File.Delete in C# simply deletes a file without even notifying the user about it. Thus, as a developer, I can simply write this code:

List<string> files = Directory.GetFile("path").ToList();
files.ForEach(f => {
    File.Delete(f);
});

Is it considered abuse? OK, you're free to define + symbol (character) as an operator which votes up and - as a vote-down operator. But is it considered abuse?

Also, are you forced to misuse these features? For example, a driver can simply turn the wheel to get to pedestrian area and kill may people? Should we lock the wheel?

I mean, after all, even if there is an opportunity for any kind of abuse, who's gonna get hurt? Developer.

In spite of highly OO infrastructure, you can write procedurally in C#. Is it abuse?

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