Re: conversion ctors question
Grey Alien wrote:
I am baffled by this behaviour.
I have a class A declared as follows:
class A
{
public:
A();
explicit A(const std::string& value);
explicit A(const TimestampParam& value) ;
explicit A(const long value) ;
explicit A(const double value) ;
explicit A(const bool value) ;
A(const Object& value) ;
A(const A);
A& operator= (const A&);
~A();
}
I am using the class in statements like this:
std::vector<A> params ;
//field id
A field(100L) ; //requires 'L' specifier else ambigious ctor
params.push_back(field);
//field name
field = A(std::string("Homer")); //ok
params.push_back(field);
!!! PRETZEL LOGIC ALERT !!!
//field descr
field = A("likes donuts"); //calls A::A(const bool)
params.push_back(field);
Why is the compiler casting a std::string to bool?
Where do you see a string? Why do you think it's casting it to 'bool'?
I took of the
explicit keyword so I could automatically convert between the
supported types and A, and still, std::string is being cast as bool -
WHY ??? - and how do I fix this?
I don't see any std::string cast to bool. Please elaborate.
V
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