Re: template, cast, and operator

From:
Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:49:23 -0500
Message-ID:
<kcf5bk$34d$1@dont-email.me>
On 1/7/2013 1:29 PM, thomas.grund@mail.com wrote:

the following does not compile due to problems with the + operator. The same thing works without templates. How can I achive this?

Thanks a lot,

Thomas

template <typename T = double> class CVariable {
};

template <typename T = double> class CSymbolic {
public:
    CSymbolic(CVariable<T>){}
    CSymbolic(){}
};

template <typename T> CSymbolic<T> operator+(CSymbolic<T> a1, CSymbolic<T> a2) {
    return CSymbolic();
}

int main() {
    CVariable<> x, y;
    CSymbolic<> f1 = x+y; // problem here
}


What are you trying to achieve? The problem is simple: there is no
operator+ defined for operands of type CVariable<double>. The compiler
is unable to use the operator+ that you defined for CSymbolic<> because
when trying to figure out the type T to instantiate your operator+
*template*, it cannot (shall not) consider conversions.

V
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