A conversion question

[fabricemarchant]

Hi !

If we define such conversion operator for Zclass :

class ZClass {

operator char*(void);
};

How can we write explicit conversion without using this :

typedef char* charPtr; // Tricky way.
ZClass xmpl(...);
char* s =charPtr(xmpl);

(char* s; s =xmpl; would work but how cleanly write EXPLICIT conversion
?)

Thanks for advance.

Fabrice

[Ivan Vecerina]

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: If we define such conversion operator for Zclass :
:
: class ZClass {
:
: operator char*(void);
: };
:
: How can we write explicit conversion without using this :
:
: typedef char* charPtr; // Tricky way.
: ZClass xmpl(...);
: char* s =charPtr(xmpl);
:
: (char* s; s =xmpl; would work but how cleanly write EXPLICIT conversion
: ?)

Are you looking for the following syntax ? :
char* s = xmpl.operator char*();
This explicitly calls the conversion operator.

Besides that, you have a choice of:
char* s = static_cast<char*>(xmpl); // C++-style cast
char* s = (char*)xmpl; // C-style cast
.... and probably more...

hth -Ivan
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[fabricemarchant]

> Are you looking for the following syntax ? :

char* s = xmpl.operator char*();

Yes, it is exactly what I needed !
Thank you very much.

I'm sad I wasn't able to find this by myself...

Fabrice