How to overload the indirection operator? (C++)

Question

I\'m trying to create an iterator class as a member-class for a list class, and am trying to overload the indirection operator (*) to access the list it\'s pointing to:

Answer 1

You overloaded the multiply operator. Take the parameter out to make it an indirection operator.

template
T list::iterator::operator*()
{
    return ((this->lstptr)->current)->data;
}

You should also have it return a reference if you want code like *IT = 3; to compile.

template
T& list::iterator::operator*()
{
    return ((this->lstptr)->current)->data;
}