Re: wcout <<a.operator wchar_t const*()[implicit] prints memory address
* Angel Tsankov:
Hello! Why does the second statement in main print a memory address (tested
with VC 2003 & 2005)?
#include <iostream>
wchar_t const* f()
{
static wchar_t const Str[] = L"aaa";
return Str;
}
class Proba
{
public:
operator wchar_t const*()
{
static wchar_t const Str[] = L"aaa";
return Str;
}
};
int main()
{
std::wcout <<f(); // Prints "aaa"
std::wcout <<Proba(); // Prints some memory address
}
It's very sad that [comp.std.c++] is (or seems to be) defunct, because this
question seems to belong there.
I suggest you post it to [comp.lang.c++.moderated], because as far as I can see
-- but relying on several months old draft -- it hasn't been fixed in C++0x.
In short, it seems you get this behavior because std::basic_ostream provides
overloads for char*, signed char* and unsigned char* arguments, but relies on
general operator<< template for wchar_t*. With the template the argument must
match exactly. It doesn't, so you get the void const* overload.
Cheers, & hth.,
- Alf
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