Re: inheritance, list of objects, polymorphism

From:
"io_x" <a@b.c.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:43:40 +0100
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"James Kanze" <james.kanze@gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:faa92180-c056-4080-87da-df0695a6af39@s20g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...

On Dec 17, 8:35 pm, "io_x" <a...@b.c.invalid> wrote:

"barbaros" <barba...@ptmat.fc.ul.pt> ha scritto nel
messaggionews:f2890a48-ed1d-4451-86e6-12c5fb13ccc5@a21g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...

i not understand much but this seems ok


No it's not. Not from a design point, anyway, and it doesn't begin to
fulfill the requirements.

What he basically needs is something along the lines of:

   // Interface...
   class Expression
   {
       Expression( Expression const& );
       Expression& operator=( Expression const& );
   public:
       virtual ~Expression() {}
       virtual double value() const = 0;
       // other functions...?
   };


so what there is in the class "Expression"
there are only functions or there is something, a pointer, a string type, a
double etc at last some data

Error E2251 str0.cpp 24: Cannot find default constructor to initialize base
class 'Express
ion' in function OneOperandExpression::OneOperandExpression(const Expression *)
Error E2034 str0.cpp 36: Cannot convert 'const Expression *' to 'Expression *'
in function
 TwoOperandExpression::TwoOperandExpression(const Expression *,const Expression
*)
Error E2034 str0.cpp 37: Cannot convert 'const Expression *' to 'Expression *'
in function
 TwoOperandExpression::TwoOperandExpression(const Expression *,const Expression
*)
Error E2251 str0.cpp 38: Cannot find default constructor to initialize base
class 'Express
ion' in function TwoOperandExpression::TwoOperandExpression(const Expression
*,const Expre
ssion *)
Error E2251 str0.cpp 54: Cannot find default constructor to initialize base
class 'Express
ion' in function ConstantExpression::ConstantExpression(double)
Error E2451 str0.cpp 86: Undefined symbol 'lhs' in function
AddExpression::value() const
Error E2451 str0.cpp 86: Undefined symbol 'rhs' in function
AddExpression::value() const
*** 7 errors in Compile ***

this is what seems at last compile
but i'm sure it not like or i don't like it

#include <iostream.h>
#include <list.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

using namespace std;

  // Interface...
class Expression{
public:
 Expression( ){st="";}
 Expression( Expression& m){st=m.st;}
 Expression& operator=( Expression& m )
 { st=m.st; return m;}

 double f(Expression& m){return atof(m.st.c_str());}

 double value(){return f(*this);}
~Expression() {}
 string st;
};

class OneOperandExpression
{public:
 OneOperandExpression(){m_op=0;}
 OneOperandExpression(Expression* op){m_op=op;}

 Expression* m_op;
};

class TwoOperandExpression{
public:
 TwoOperandExpression(Expression* lhs, Expression* rhs )
 { m_lhs = lhs; m_rhs=rhs;}

 Expression* m_lhs;
 Expression* m_rhs;
};

class ConstantExpression{
public:
 ConstantExpression(double value){ m_value=value;}
 virtual double value() {return m_value;}

 double m_value;
};

class NegExpression : public OneOperandExpression{
public:
 NegExpression(){OneOperandExpression();}
 NegExpression(Expression* op){m_op=op;}
 double value(){return -(m_op->value());}
};

class AddExpression : public TwoOperandExpression{
public:
 AddExpression(Expression* lhs, Expression* rhs )
 :TwoOperandExpression( lhs, rhs ){;}

 double value()
  {return m_lhs->value()+m_rhs->value();}
};

int main(void)
{
 return 0;
}

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