Re: conversion operator problem
kowochen@gmail.com wrote:
i encounter a problem as following:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class X
{
public:
X(const string& s, int i):s_(s),i_(i)
{}
operator string ()
{
return s_;
}
operator int ()
{
return i_;
}
private:
string s_;
int i_;
};
int main()
{
string s("abc");
int i(10);
X x("abc", 10);
if (x == i)
{
cout<<"int ok"<<endl;
}
return 0;
}
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x can be compared with the integer i and the output is "int ok",
but when i wanna compare with string s, it is a compile error:
if (x == s)
{
...
}
If convert x to string explicitly, it is ok:
if ((string)x == s)
{
...
}
Why couldn't it do a implicit type conversion to string like build in
type?
Probably because operator== for ints is _built_in_, and the
operator== for strings is a member function of 'std::string'.
Try
if (s == x)
and it should work.
V
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