Consider the program
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void fn(const char * str, char x = 'Y')
{
cout << "from fn(const char *, char) - " << str << endl;
return;
}
void fn(const char * str)
{
cout << "from fn(const char *) - " << str << endl;
return;
}
int main( )
{
// fn("test string");
return 0;
}
This program compiles without any error or warning. If I remove the
comment in the statement
// fn("test string");
in main( ), I am getting ambiguity error. Why doesn't the compiler
detect the ambiguity even when the call to fn( ) was not made ? What
is the expected behaviour ? Where am I going wrong ?
Kindly explain.
Thanks
V.Subramanian 2 1725
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:32:04 -0700, "su************ **@yahoo.com,
India" <su************ **@yahoo.comwro te:
>Consider the program
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void fn(const char * str, char x = 'Y') {
cout << "from fn(const char *, char) - " << str << endl;
return; }
void fn(const char * str) {
cout << "from fn(const char *) - " << str << endl;
return; }
int main( ) {
// fn("test string");
return 0; }
This program compiles without any error or warning. If I remove the comment in the statement // fn("test string"); in main( ), I am getting ambiguity error. Why doesn't the compiler detect the ambiguity even when the call to fn( ) was not made ? What is the expected behaviour ? Where am I going wrong ?
Ambiguity condition is tested only when the function is needed, that
is, when compiler tries to find an adequate funtiona for the call
If commented line were:
fn("test string",'N');
there would be no ambiguity at all.
Best regards,
Zara su************* *@yahoo.com, India wrote:
Consider the program
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void fn(const char * str, char x = 'Y')
{
cout << "from fn(const char *, char) - " << str << endl;
return;
}
void fn(const char * str)
{
cout << "from fn(const char *) - " << str << endl;
return;
}
int main( )
{
// fn("test string");
return 0;
}
This program compiles without any error or warning. If I remove the
comment in the statement
// fn("test string");
in main( ), I am getting ambiguity error. Why doesn't the compiler
detect the ambiguity even when the call to fn( ) was not made ? What
is the expected behaviour ? Where am I going wrong ?
Kindly explain.
Thanks
V.Subramanian
Because functions themselves are not ambiguous. Calls to functions can
be. Even in this program it would be possible to call the second
version of fn unambiguously. One method of doing so might be:
void (*p)(const char * str) = fn ;
p("test string") ;
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