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add clarification for increment/decrement operator overloading #47710

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add clarification for operator overloading
StuartMosquera Aug 1, 2025
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fix grammar
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Update docs/csharp/language-reference/operators/operator-overloading.md
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Use the `operator` keyword to declare an operator. An operator declaration must
- It includes a `public` modifier.
- A unary operator has one input parameter. A binary operator has two input parameters. In each case, at least one parameter must have type `T` or `T?` where `T` is the type that contains the operator declaration.
- It includes the `static` modifier, except for the compound assignment operators, such as `+=`.
- The increment (`++`) and decrement (`--`) operators can be implemented as either static or instance methods.
- The increment (`++`) and decrement (`--`) operators can be implemented as either static or instance methods. Instance method operators are a new feature introduced in C# 14.

The following example defines a simplified structure to represent a rational number. The structure overloads some of the [arithmetic operators](arithmetic-operators.md):

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