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Article #801Should unary operators convert?
From: Krste Asanovic
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 1991 03:27
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 1991 03:27
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Should the unary operators *, &, +, -, !, ~ perform user-defined
conversions on their argument?
The following example is rejected by g++ (1.37.2b) and cfront
(2.00.02). I've tried replacing the ~ with +, -, ! and get the same
result. I can't find any indication in ARM that the user-defined
conversion wouldn't be used, surely unary operators are treated the
same as the binary/ternary operators?
class A {
private:
int a;
public:
A(int x) { a = x; };
operator int() { return a; };
};
main()
{
A y(3);
int x;
x = ~y;
}
%g++ -o bug bug.cc
bug.cc: In function int main ():
bug.cc:18: wrong type argument to bit-complement
%CC -o bug bug.cc
CC bug.cc:
1 error
cc -o /tmp_mnt/n/icsib/df/real/krste/tools/g++/library/BitVector/bug -c -I/usr/CC/incl
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