class CThing
{
public:
friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& Os, const CThing& Out);
private:
int data;
};
ostream& operator<<(ostream& Os, const CThing& Out)
{
Os << Out.data;
return Os;
}
CThing TheIt;
cout << TheIt; // <-- the operator doesn''t work
operator <<
Author
This code generates an error telling me I can''t access the private member variable and that the << call is ambigous. How can I make it work?
beside the missing std namespace qualifier and constructor, it looks correct. I could compile & run with VC6 and g++.
That's a semi-obscure bug in VC++ (I'm assuming you're using VC6 since that's a known problem with it). The best fix is to apply the latest Visual Studio service pack (5 I think).
Other workarounds if for some reason you don't want to patch VC6:
- don't include the whole std namespace, just the individual elements (cout) that you need
- declare the operator function before the class definition (I think you can just prototype it, but you might need to write out the implementation too)
Edited by - Dobbs on January 31, 2002 5:37:19 PM
Other workarounds if for some reason you don't want to patch VC6:
- don't include the whole std namespace, just the individual elements (cout) that you need
- declare the operator function before the class definition (I think you can just prototype it, but you might need to write out the implementation too)
Edited by - Dobbs on January 31, 2002 5:37:19 PM
Author
Btw, I tried not to include the whole std namespace and it worked. Will still download the service pack though, since it looks like an ugly work-around to me.
- daeron
- daeron
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