Re: ambiguous types: want automatic conversion
On Sep 21, 10:26 am, Markus Dehmann <markus.dehm...@gmail.com> wrote:
std::cout << i; // works
std::cout << s; // doesn't work: "Not an int" exception thrown
class Value {
std::string stringValue;
int intValue;
bool isString;
bool isInt;
public:
Value(std::string s) : isString(true), isInt(false),
stringValue(s) {}
Value(int i) : isString(false), isInt(true), intValue(i) {}
operator std::string (){
if(!isString){throw std::runtime_error("Not a string");}
return stringValue;
}
operator int (){
if(!isInt){throw std::runtime_error("Not an int");}
return intValue;
}
};
Well, this code will work. However it is quite obfuscated.
operator<< for std::ostream accepts both int and std::string.
However, int is selected because it is a builtin type. If
you had another conversion , e.g. operator double(), defined
you would get an ambiguous error.
It would be better to make the logic more explicit, i.e.
define operator<<(std::ostream &, Value) .
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