Re: Compiling with g++ - Error - Help

From:
"Ron AF Greve" <news moonlit xs4all nl>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:44:36 +0100
Message-ID:
<45e0cde2$0$324$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>
Hi

<aliasger.jaffer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1172360020.404241.118690@z35g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
Hi,

I am trying to figure out why this code doesn't work when I compile it
under linux with g++

Following is the code, and the error message I get is:

main.cpp: In function ?int main()?:
main.cpp:5: error: conversion from ?Person*? to non-scalar type
?Person? requested

I used the following command to compile: g++ Person.h Person.cpp
main.cpp

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//filename: Person.h
#include <memory>// <++++++++++++++++

class Person
{
        private:
                int age;
        public:
                void setAge(int age);
};

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//filename: Person.cpp
#include "Person.h"

void Person::setAge(int age)
{
        this->age = age;
}

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//filename: main.cpp
#include "Person.h"

int main()
{
        auto_ptr<Person> mark = new Person(); // <++++++++++++++++
        mark->setAge(5);// <++++++++++++++++

        return 0;
}

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I am not sure what the error means, but everything looks okay to me.
Looking forward to someone helping me out on this.

Thank you!

Ali

See the changes.

Regards, Ron AF Greve

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