Effective C++ 24. Declare non-member functions when type convesions should apply to all parameters

class Rational {
public:
    Rational(int numerator = 0, int denominator = 1);
    int numerator() cont;
    int denominator() const;
    const Rational operator*(const Rational& rhs) const;
private:
    ...
};

Rational oneHalf(1, 2);
Rational result;
result = 2 * oneHalf;   // error

class Rational {
public:
    Rational(int numerator = 0, int denominator = 1);
    ...
private:
    ...
};
const Rational operator*(const Rational& lhs, const Rational& rhs) {
    return (lhs.numerator() * rhs.numerator(), rhs.denominator() * rhs.denominator());
}
Rational oneFourth(1, 4);
Rational result;
result = 2 * oneFourth; // it works! (int to Rational is implicit type conversion)