Re: ambiguous overload

From:
James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:19:29 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<95d77d5b-b289-4c67-9a5d-96c0294019e8@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>
On Jan 7, 7:07 am, onkar <onkar....@gmail.com> wrote:

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
class Integer{
        int i;
        public:
                Integer(int ii):i(ii){}
                /* const Integer operator+(const Integer& rv){
                        cout<<"1-operator+"<<endl;
                        return Integer(i+rv.i);
                } */
                Integer operator+=(Integer rv){
                        i+=rv.i;
                        cout<<"2-operator+="<<endl;
                        return *this;
                }
                friend Integer& operator+(Integer,Integer);

                void display(){
                        cout<<"3-display()// i="<<i<<endl;
                }};

Integer& operator+(Integer rv,Integer rs ){
        cout<<"4-operator+"<<endl;
        rv.i+=rs.i;
        return rv;}

int main(void){
         cout<<"buit-in types"<<endl;
        int i=1,j=2,k=3;
        k+=i+j;
        cout<<"user defined types:"<<endl;
        Integer ii(1),jj(2),kk(3);
        kk+=ii+jj;
        Integer d(1),b(2);
        d=2+b;
        d.display();
        return 0;
}

How to prevent this warning ??

g++ -g -Wall -o test test.cpp
test.cpp: In function 'Integer& operator+(Integer, Integer)':
test.cpp:22: warning: reference to local variable 'rv' returned


Read the text of the warning. It's quite clear. The obvious
way to avoid a warning "reference to local variable 'rv'
returned" is to not return a reference to the local variable
'rv', no?

In general, you shouldn't ever return a reference to a local
variable, since there's no way the client can use that reference
without incurring undefined behavior.

Note: If I remove & in
Integer& operator+(Integer rv,Integer rs )

g++ -g -Wall -o test test.cpp
test.cpp: In function 'Integer operator+(Integer, Integer)':
test.cpp:22: error: new declaration 'Integer operator+(Integer,
Integer)'
test.cpp:16: error: ambiguates old declaration 'Integer& operator+
(Integer, Integer)'
make: *** [test] Error 1


Of course. All of the declarations have to be identical. If
you remove it in one declaration, you have to remove it in all.

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