is this a bug with my IDE?
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class myclass
{
private:
int number;
public:
myclass(int x) : number(x) {};
int value() {return number;}
};
myclass test()
{
return myclass(0);
}
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This compiles:
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class myclass
{
private:
int number;
public:
myclass(int x) : number(x) {};
myclass(myclass &other) : number(other.value()) {};
int value() {return number;}
};
myclass test()
{
myclass result(0);
return result;
}
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This doesn't compile:
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class myclass
{
private:
int number;
public:
myclass(int x) : number(x) {};
myclass(myclass &other) : number(other.value()) {};
int value() {return number;}
};
myclass test()
{
return myclass(0);
}
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Error message is "no matching function for call to 'myclass::myclass(myclass)".
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class myclass
{
private:
int number;
public:
myclass(int x) : number(x) {};
// *** make these const-correct
myclass( const /*** added ***/ myclass &other) : number(other.value()) {};
int value() const /*** added ***/ {return number;}
};
myclass test()
{
return myclass(0);
}
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const-correctness
You are trying to bind a non-const reference to a temporary.
Thanks, it worked. I will read up on this.
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