overload "="

[0infinity0]

Why wont the operator work

#include <iostream.h>
class A
{
public:
A * operator = (A * rhs)
{
cout << "Ptr cpy" << endl;
return this;
}

private:
};

main()
{
A *a1;

A* a2 = new A();

a1 = a2;
}

 

[Alf P. Steinbach]

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Why wont the operator work

#include <iostream.h>

That's a non-standard header.

class A
{
public:
A * operator = (A * rhs)
{
cout << "Ptr cpy" << endl;
return this;
}

private:
};

main()

'main' must have result type 'int'.

{
A *a1;

A* a2 = new A();

a1 = a2;

You're assigning to the pointer a1. Your operator only comes into play
if you assign to an object of type A. The pointer a1 is of type A*.

 

[0infinity0]

Thx...

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That's a non-standard header.



'main' must have result type 'int'.



You're assigning to the pointer a1. Your operator only comes into play
if you assign to an object of type A. The pointer a1 is of type A*.




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[Default User]

Thx...

Argh.




Brian