Re: A non-const reference may only be bound to an lvalue?
On Dec 17, 7:01 pm, David Wilkinson <no-re...@effisols.com> wrote:
George wrote:
Hi Abhishek,
I have some difficulties to understand below code about how it is executed,
return const_cast<T>( static_cast<const std::vector<T>> (vec)[i]);
1. It first converts vec to vector<T>?
static_cast<const std::vector<T>> (vec)
2. then gets its ith element?
[i]
3. finally remove const qualification on T itself?? I am confused. T is a
type, not a variable?
George:
Actually, I think the example is not quite presented correctly. I
believe the idea behind it is to eliminate duplication (which might be
more important in a more complex example).
How about this:
#include<vector>
#include <assert.h>
template<typename T>
class A
{
std::vector<T> vec;
public:
explicit A(size_t n = 0):
vec(n)
{
}
const T& operator[](size_t i) const
{
return vec[i];
}
T& operator[](size_t i)
{
return const_cast<T&>(operator[](i));
}
This, I believe is incorrect. It will cause infinite recursion, won't
it? You need to const-ify the this pointer to invoke the const member
functions.
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