RE: [Dev-C++] Help me in deciphering complier error...

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li... 
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Daniel Anderson
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 3:21 AM
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: [Dev-C++] Help me in deciphering complier error...
> 
> 
> Hello coders,
> I have run into a problem with a program I am writing.  I 
> have a parent
> class, DynArray, that StatArray is derived from.  
> dynarray.cpp is in one
> file, statarray.cpp is in another.  My main program has an #include
> "statarray.cpp" statement, and statarray.cpp in turn #include's
> "dynarray.cpp".  When attempting to compile the program, I 
> get the following
> errors.  I am guessing this type of error indicates that I 
> might be mixing
> types, but I can't figure out where and what I need to 
> correct.  Any help is
> appreciated.  Thanks!
> Danny
> 
> main.cpp: In function `int main()':
> main.cpp:38: conversion from `StatArray (*)()' to non-scalar type
> `StatArray' requested
> main.cpp:14: in passing argument 1 of `GetArray(StatArray &, 
> ifstream &)'
> main.cpp:40: conversion from `StatArray (*)()' to non-scalar type
> `StatArray' requested
> main.cpp:15: in passing argument 1 of `PrintArray(const StatArray &,
> ofstream &)'
> 
> 
> /* code fragment here: */
> 
> 14  void GetArray(StatArray&, ifstream&);
> 15  void PrintArray(const StatArray&, ofstream&);
> ...
> 36  StatArray myArray();  /* constructor */
> 
> 38  GetArray(myArray, inData);
> 
> 40  PrintArray(myArray, outData);
> 
> /* func definitions empty */
> void GetArray(StatArray& targetArray,  ifstream& inData)
>   {}
> void PrintArray(const StatArray& sourceArray, ofstream& outData)
>   { }



#include places the contents of the file in its place, and it is as if
you wrote everything in that place and not in a separate file.

From this you can understand everything i guess.



Ioannis

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