Re: casting from 'const string' to a 'non-constant string'

From:
Andy Champ <no.way@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:43:33 +0100
Message-ID:
<3MadnfWWfN3pJhzNnZ2dnUVZ8iudnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk>
On 19/10/2012 13:36, Rene Ivon Shamberger wrote:

const std::string& someClass::someMethod(){ return some_string = "Bla Bla Bla"; }
....
const std::string& myMethod(){
  someClass obj;
  return obj.someMethod();
}

Left as it is, this example will give me a warning stating that the return value from myMethod is a local value, but if I change the code to:

const std::string&
someClass::someMethod(){ return some_string = "Bla Bla Bla"; }
const std::string& myMethod(){
  someClass obj;
  std::string tmp = obj.someMethod(); /// New code
  return temp;
}
The compiler complains saying that conversion from 'const string' to 'string' is not permited.
How can I remove this error?


After Victor and Juha's comments... I'm guessing that in your actual
code it reads "const std::string& tmp = obj.someMethod(); /// New code"

.... in which case you're copying the reference into the local variable
and returning it, but the thing it refers to isn't a temporary. IYSWIM.

Andy

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