# 11.9. One last example¶

The final example we’ll look at is addTime:

Time addTime2 (const Time& t1, const Time& t2) {
double seconds = convertToSeconds (t1) + convertToSeconds (t2);
return makeTime (seconds);
}


We have to make several changes to this function, including:

1. Change the name from addTime to Time::add.

2. Replace the first parameter with an implicit parameter, which should be declared const.

3. Replace the use of makeTime with a constructor invocation.

Here’s the result:

Time Time::add (const Time& t2) const {
double seconds = convertToSeconds () + t2.convertToSeconds ();
Time time (seconds);
return time;
}


The first time we invoke convertToSeconds, there is no apparent object! Inside a member function, the compiler assumes that we want to invoke the function on the current object. Thus, the first invocation acts on this; the second invocation acts on t2.

The next line of the function invokes the constructor that takes a single double as a parameter; the last line returns the resulting object.

Feel free to try out the add function in the active code below!