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Started by sQuid May 27, 2003 10:45 PM

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sQuid

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May 27, 2003 10:45 PM

Hi there, I use an overloaded matrix class with overloaded output and multiplication operators


template <typename T> class Matrix {
...
friend ostream& operator<<<>(ostream&, Matrix&;
...
}


template <typename T> Matrix<Z> operator*(const Matrix<Z> &, const Matrix<Z> &;

Whenever I try to output the result of a multiplication


cout << (A*B) << endl;

i get an error


main.cpp:33: could not convert `operator*((&EI))'' to Matrix<cx> &''
matrix.h:215: in passing argument 2 of `operator<< ostream &, Matrix<Z> & [with Z = cx]''

What on earth is wrong with this? (gcc v2.95) thanking you ...

pdunstan

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May 27, 2003 11:01 PM

Hard to tell with the gcc 2.95 error message. I expect it has to do with operator<< taking a non-const Matrix&.

Try changing the declaration of operator<< to something like

friend ostream& operator<<(ostream&, const Matrix&);

PS. Also try a newer compiler if possible eg gcc 3.3. Not only is it more standards compliant but a number of the template error messages are much better.

Phil

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sQuid

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May 27, 2003 11:18 PM

Thanks, that worked. I tried that originally but had problems because the << operator was calling my index operator (int,int) which can''t be const.

I''d love to use g++ 3.3. However the sysadmin tells me he doesn''t want to upgrade it because all the old fogies who haven''t got using namespace std; in their code will riot. Or something like that.

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