Visual C++ 2010 Compiler Glitch?

[Liuqahs15]

I'm trying to write a simple game. I made a class for the player object, and allocated the memory for the health and points dynamically so I could delete them later (no practical purpose, I just wanted to practice doing that). Unfortunately, VSC++ has other ideas. Here's the relevant code:

class player{
	int * health;
	int * points;

	player(){	//player constructor//
		health = new int;
		points = new int;

		points = 0;
		health = 100; //this is what the compiler complains about. Error message below.
	}
}P1;

So the error message is this:

cannot convert from 'int' to 'int *'

Oddly enough, it only says this about line 27, where I say health = 100. It says nothing about me assigning 0 to points, which is the exact same operation. I don't even understand. health isn't an int* anymore, so what is it even talking about? Is it just a screwed up compiler, or am I missing something?

[Albatross]

You're forgetting to dereference points and health before assigning the values. And yes, health is an int*. You declare it to be an int*, and nothing you've done in that bit of code changes that. :)

Also, your code has a memory leak. Are you forgetting a pair of deletes somewhere?

-Albatross

[Liuqahs15]

Thanks. I was under the impression that the new changed a pointer into a regular variable when it made it into dynamic memory. I do have delete for each variable, in the destructor, but i removed it to keep the code relevant. Thanks a lot : ) I'm glad it was I who was wrong, and not the compiler.