Re: cout printing and function tracing
On 02/11/11 11:00 AM, Jacopo wrote:
On 10 Feb, 19:51, James Kanze<james.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
The order function arguments are evaluated is unspecified. The
only order guaranteed in your output is that the characters
"0 6 7 8" appear in that order. The *n* can appear in
practically any order, and in almost any place within or before
these characters.
Ok, thanks.
I've another question: nearly the same code, without "explicit"
keyword on C(int).
class C {
private:
int d;
public:
C(string s=""): d(s.size()) {}
C(int n): d(n)
Missing {}?
operator int() {return d;}
C operator+(C x) {return C(d+x.d);}
};
main() {
missing int.
C a, b("pippo"), c(3);
cout<<c+4;
}
It does not compile, giving an error of "ambiguous overload for
?operator+? in ?c + 4? ". I'm thinking that:
- the c+4 expression calls C operator+(C x)
- the "4" integer gets implicitly converted in a temporary C object
and then passed to x parameter
- and so the body executed
Where is the ambiguity ? Perhaps, with standard + operator ?
Yes, c can be converted to int, so you could have
c.operator int() + 4;
or
c + C(4)
Now you can see why conversion operators are a pain!
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