What legitimate reasons exist to overload the unary operator&?

Question

Okay, I\'ve been inspired to do some head punching. Seems like overloading operator& leads to not a small amount of pain.

What legitimate cases exis

Answer 1

You can overload the address operator to make it private. This could be useful for implementing some sort of baton passing scheme, where the address of the baton cannot be taken. If the baton's constructors are hidden, this can keep the baton's scope airtight.