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carbon-lang/toolchain/check/testdata/interop/cpp/function
Boaz Brickner 87efd4cb0b Change C++ interop operators tests to use references for parameters of operators that should mutate them (#6111)
Returning by reference is still not supported and marked with a TODO.

C++ Interop Demo (compare to #6020):

```c++
// my_number.h

class MyNumber {
 public:
  explicit MyNumber(int value) : value_(value) {}
  auto value() const -> int { return value_; }
  auto set_value(int value) -> void { value_ = value; }

 private:
  int value_;
};

auto operator++(MyNumber& operand) -> MyNumber;
auto operator--(MyNumber& operand) -> MyNumber;
```

```c++
// my_number.cpp

#include "my_number.h"

auto operator++(MyNumber& operand) -> MyNumber {
  operand.set_value(operand.value() + 1);
  return operand;
}

auto operator--(MyNumber& operand) -> MyNumber {
  operand.set_value(operand.value() - 1);
  return operand;
}
```

```carbon
// main.carbon

library "Main";

import Core library "io";
import Cpp library "my_number.h";

fn Run() -> i32 {
  var num: Cpp.MyNumber = Cpp.MyNumber.MyNumber(14);
  Core.Print(num.value());
  ++num;
  Core.Print(num.value());
  --num;
  Core.Print(num.value());
  return 0;
}
```

```shell
$ clang -c my_number.cpp
$ bazel-bin/toolchain/carbon compile main.carbon
$ bazel-bin/toolchain/carbon link my_number.o main.o --output=demo
$ ./demo
14
15
14
```

Part of https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/issues/5995.
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