Operator overloading wierdness

[twonjosh]

Hello, i'm trying to make a simple friend function for multipling a
vector and a matrix together. I'm getting a very wierd error and I
don't know why. Here is the code snipits:

Friend function prototype:

jVector4 operator*(const jVector4& vec, const jMatrix44& mat);

Code sample...........

jVector4 test_vector;
jMatrix44 test_matrix;

test_vector * test_matrix;

............end code sample

That last line is giving me this error in VS.NET:

error C2678: binary '*' : no operator found which takes a left-hand
operand of type 'jVector4' (or there is no acceptable conversion)

Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
-Josh

[Peter Koch Larsen]

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Hello, i'm trying to make a simple friend function for multipling a
vector and a matrix together. I'm getting a very wierd error and I
don't know why. Here is the code snipits:

Friend function prototype:

jVector4 operator*(const jVector4& vec, const jMatrix44& mat);

Code sample...........

jVector4 test_vector;
jMatrix44 test_matrix;

test_vector * test_matrix;

...........end code sample

That last line is giving me this error in VS.NET:

error C2678: binary '*' : no operator found which takes a left-hand
operand of type 'jVector4' (or there is no acceptable conversion)

Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?
It is not enough to declare it as a friend. You should also declare it as a
stand-alone function.

/Peter
Thanks,
-Josh

[Victor Bazarov]

tw******@gmail.com wrote:

Hello, i'm trying to make a simple friend function for multipling a
vector and a matrix together. I'm getting a very wierd error and I
don't know why. Here is the code snipits:

Friend function prototype:

jVector4 operator*(const jVector4& vec, const jMatrix44& mat);

Code sample...........

jVector4 test_vector;
jMatrix44 test_matrix;

test_vector * test_matrix;

...........end code sample
This sample is not large enough to diagnose the problem.
That last line is giving me this error in VS.NET:

error C2678: binary '*' : no operator found which takes a left-hand
operand of type 'jVector4' (or there is no acceptable conversion)

Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?

You're not following the recommendations of the FAQ 5.8.

V

[Prawit Chaivong]

tw******@gmail.com wrote:

Hello, i'm trying to make a simple friend function for multipling a
vector and a matrix together. I'm getting a very wierd error and I
don't know why. Here is the code snipits:

Friend function prototype:

jVector4 operator*(const jVector4& vec, const jMatrix44& mat);

Code sample...........

jVector4 test_vector;
jMatrix44 test_matrix;

test_vector * test_matrix; Try
jVector4 result = test_vector * test_matrix;

Does it work?

...........end code sample

That last line is giving me this error in VS.NET:

error C2678: binary '*' : no operator found which takes a left-hand
operand of type 'jVector4' (or there is no acceptable conversion)

Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
-Josh

[Ralph D. Ungermann]

tw******@gmail.com wrote:

Friend function prototype:

jVector4 operator*(const jVector4& vec, const jMatrix44& mat);

Code sample...........

jVector4 test_vector;
jMatrix44 test_matrix;

test_vector * test_matrix;

...........end code sample

That last line is giving me this error in VS.NET:

error C2678: binary '*' : no operator found which takes a left-hand
operand of type 'jVector4' (or there is no acceptable conversion)

Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?

Hello Josh,

`no operator found' may mean
- there is none, or
- it is hidden

As your friend statement is an implicit declaration, I guess the latter:

Did you declare any of
- jVector4::operator*()
- jMatrix44::operator*()
(These will hide your friend declaration, no matter, what arguments they
take).
HTH,
Ralph