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