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>>>>> "seedy" == seedy  <seedy@ultranet.com> writes:

    seedy> When attempted to compile the following code using GNU's
    seedy> g++ (ver. 2.7.1) on HP-UX, I got the following error :

    seedy> news.cc: In function `int equal(const class abc &, const
    seedy> class abc &)': news.cc:23: no match for `operator ==(class
    seedy> abc, class abc)'


    seedy> #include <iostream.h>

    seedy> class abc { 
    seedy>    public : 
    seedy>       abc( int x ) { a = x; b = 0; } 
    seedy>       int a;
    seedy>       int b; 
    seedy>  inline int operator ==(abc x) { 
               return ((a==x.a) && (b==x.b)); 
    seedy>   } 
    seedy> };

    seedy> template < class Element> 
    seedy> inline int equal (Element const& e1, Element const& e2) { 
    seedy>           return e1 == e2;
    seedy> }

    seedy> main() { 
    seedy>    abc a1(5), a2(5);
    seedy> cout << "Return value is = " << equal(a1, a2) << endl; }

    seedy> Could any one explain why this error happens.  Please send
    seedy> your response via mail to 'seedy@trigent.com' or post it
    seedy> here.

My compiler gives the following error.

ub239:~$ g++ -Wall -o check check.cc
check.cc: In function `int equal(const class abc &, const class abc &)':
check.cc:14: non-const member function `abc::operator ==(abc)'
check.cc:24: called for const object at this point in file

Making int operator == (abc) a constant member function -> compiles and 
runs without error.
ie:
 inline int operator ==(abc x) const { 
               return ((a==x.a) && (b==x.b)); 
        }
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