Vector and []-operator overloading

Question

I have inherited my class from std::vector. Now I want to overload the []-operator.
When I try to assign a new value to my vector, e.g. v[0]=5, I should rec

Answer 1

You'd need to return a reference to your element - however note that even if you did, you'd run into inifinite recursion - your operator[] calls itself.

Either way - inheriting from std::vector isn't a good idea. Use composition instead.