Re: Initialization of reference from implicitly-converted
unrelated type
On Oct 17, 5:52 pm, nikkoara <nikko...@hates.ms> wrote:
I am inclined to believe the following is a compiler error. Any
opinions?
$ g++ --version | head -n 1; cat -n t.cpp; g++ -c t.cpp
g++ (GCC) 4.6.1
1 struct B { };
2 struct D : B { } d;
3
4 struct X { };
5 struct Y : X {
6 Y (D const&);
7 };
8
9 X const& ref = d;
t.cpp:9:16: error: invalid initialization of reference of type ?const
X&? from expression of type ?D?
This slightly changed version compiles:
$ g++ --version | head -n 1; cat -n t2.cpp; g++ -c t2.cpp
g++ (GCC) 4.6.1
1 struct X { };
2 struct Y : X { };
3
4 struct B { };
5 struct D : B {
6 operator Y();
7 } d;
8
9 X const& ref = d;
I think that you're correct that the first version is an error. The
compiler will not employ heroic measures to connect two types for the
purpose of conversion. That would require global analysis to do a
world-wise class connection map. (How would the compiler know to
apply your expected path, D -> Y -> X, if type Y wasn't #included?)
In the first program, neither type X nor D have conversions to each
other. Nor does type D indirectly get a conversion from type B. I
think that the two types and their parent classes are the only ones
searched for conversion routines, and the compiler won't apply more
than one indirect link. (I think that there must be at most one
indirect route.)
Daryle W.
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