Re: Ambiguous constructor call
On Sep 2, 11:42 pm, xtrigger...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sep 2, 8:52 pm, Erik Wikstr=F6m <Erik-wikst...@telia.com> wrote:
On 2007-09-02 19:58, xtrigger...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi to all,
I'm working on a smart pointer implementation and I'm trying to get
automatic type conversion between different pointer types. I stumbled
upon something weird (at least for me) I summarized it in the code
below. I was expecting both things at the end to work or not work at
all....
Any insight?
Thanks in advance,
Francesco
#include <iostream>
class A;
//
class B
{
public:
B() { std::cout << "B()\n"; }
B( B const & ) { std::cout << "B( B const & )\n"; }
~B() { std::cout << "~B()\n"; }
B & operator=( B const & ) { std::cout << "B & operator=( B co=
nst & )
\n"; return *this; }
template< typename T >
operator T() const;
};
//
class A
{
public:
A() { std::cout << "A()\n"; }
explicit A( int ) { std::cout << "A( int )\n"; }
A( A const & ) { std::cout << "A( A const & )\n"; }
~A() { std::cout << "~A()\n"; }
A & operator=( A const & ) { std::cout << "A & operator=( A co=
nst & )
\n"; return *this; }
};
//
template< typename T >
B::operator T() const { std::cout << "B::operator T() const\n";
return T(); }
//
int main( )
{
B obj001;
A obj002 = obj001; // this works
//A obj003( obj001 ); // this is ambiguous
}
Since B can be converted to any type you like, it can be converted to
either A or int. Both of which are types for which A has a constructor,
and the compiler have no idea which of them you would like to use. Using
explicit on a constructor only prevents it from being used like this:
A a = 1;
You have to do
A a(1);
--
Erik Wikstr=F6m
In fact I was wondering why the first initialization works ( it is not
ambiguous it seems...)
A obj002 = obj001; // this works
while the second doesn't.
//A obj003( obj001 ); // this is ambiguous
I figured that the explicit doesn't help here.
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explicit causes the first not to be ambiguous.do:
template<typename T>
T& B::To();
A obj003(obj001.To<A>());
regards,
FM.
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