12 Overloading [over]

12.4 Overloaded operators [over.oper]

12.4.2 Unary operators [over.unary]

A prefix unary operator function is a function named operator@ for a prefix unary-operator @ ([expr.unary.op]) that is either a non-static member function ([class.mfct]) with no non-object parameters or a non-member function with one parameter.
For a unary-expression of the form @ cast-expression, the operator function is selected by overload resolution ([over.match.oper]).
If a member function is selected, the expression is interpreted as
cast-expression . operator @ ()
Otherwise, if a non-member function is selected, the expression is interpreted as
operator @ ( cast-expression )
[Note 1: 
The operators ++ and -- ([expr.pre.incr]) are described in [over.inc].
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[Note 2: 
The unary and binary forms of the same operator have the same name.
Consequently, a unary operator can hide a binary operator from an enclosing scope, and vice versa.
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