Re: Compiler chooses conv ctor - why?
Hello,
Charles Wang[MSFT] wrote:
Thank you for your explaining on this according to ISO standard. I think
that I understand your meaning. Your main concern should be that at least
the compiler should throw an warning to tell developers this potential
issue, right? Could you please give Microsoft feedback via
https://connect.microsoft.com/visualstudio so that our product team can
hear your voice and improve our product? You may also be able to get email
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OK - but before, could somebody confirm that in the following code
(similar to the code provided by Alex but conv foo is without const
qualifier):
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#include <stdio.h>
struct B;
struct A {
operator B(); /* implicit object parameter: A & */
};
struct B {
B() {}
B(const A&) { printf("conv ctor\n"); }
};
A::operator B()
{
printf("conv foo\n");
return (B());
}
void foo(B) {}
int main()
{
A a;
B b = a; /* 25 */
foo(a); /* 27 */
return 0;
}
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conversion function should be chosen, as according to 13.3.3.2[3] of the
standard, it is better function due to qualification conversion
required by conversion constructor (non-const A& to const A&)?
-- best regards
Cezary Noweta
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