Invoke user-defined literal on lvalue

Question

Is there any way to invoke a user defined literal on lvalues?

e.g I would like to

int operator \"\" _xor1(int a) { return a^1; }

// Works fine
17_xor1;
         


        

Answer 1

I'm not sure you really want to - as commented, you're probably better off defining a normal function and calling that - but you can call it using:

operator""_xor1(myInt);

See User-defined literals for more information.

Answer 2

No, you cannot invoke a user-defined literal on a variable populated at runtime. Nor do you need to. Just define a standalone function that different pieces of code can invoke when needed, eg:

template <typename T>
T do_xor1(T a) { return a^1; }

int operator "" _xor1(unsigned long long a) { return do_xor1(a); }

// Works fine
17_xor1;

auto myint = get_something_only_availabe_at_runtime();
do_xor1(myint);