Initialize a const pointer to a constant object

[Hank stalica]

So I have this class with a private data member:

const Floor* const destFloor;
I need to initialize f, which I'm trying to do in the constructor
initializer list:

Rider::Rider(co nst Floor& f)
:destFloor(f)
{
}

Here's my error message:

Rider.cpp(17) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'const
Floor' to 'const Floor *const '

How do I initialize destFloor?

Best Regards,
--Hank Stalica

[Jim Langston]

"Hank stalica" <[e-mail] rote in message
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So I have this class with a private data member:

const Floor* const destFloor;
I need to initialize f, which I'm trying to do in the constructor
initializer list:

Rider::Rider(co nst Floor& f)
:destFloor(f)

: destFloor(&f)

{
}

Here's my error message:

Rider.cpp(17) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'const
Floor' to 'const Floor *const '

How do I initialize destFloor?

Best Regards,
--Hank Stalica

[Rolf Magnus]

Hank stalica wrote:

So I have this class with a private data member:

const Floor* const destFloor;
I need to initialize f, which I'm trying to do in the constructor
initializer list:

Rider::Rider(co nst Floor& f)
:destFloor(f)
{
}

Here's my error message:

Rider.cpp(17) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'const
Floor' to 'const Floor *const '

Well, that's right. You can't initialize a pointer with a reference to the
object.

How do I initialize destFloor?

Take the address:

Rider::Rider(co nst Floor& f)
:destFloor(&f)
{
}

Or just make your member a reference, too. Since you chose to make your
pointer const, you can't let it point to anything else later anyway.

[Hank Stalica]

Thanks, Jim.
I actually figured that out shortly after posting.
Basically, it was one of those things I knew but it was under my nose.

Thanks.

Jim Langston wrote:

"Hank stalica" <[e-mail] rote in message
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>So I have this class with a private data member:

const Floor* const destFloor;
I need to initialize f, which I'm trying to do in the constructor
initializer list:

Rider::Rider(c onst Floor& f)
:destFloor(f )

: destFloor(&f)

>{
}

Here's my error message:

Rider.cpp(17 ) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'const
Floor' to 'const Floor *const '

How do I initialize destFloor?

Best Regards,
--Hank Stalica