Re: [Dev-C++] help need for user-conversion operator problem

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

Hi!

You have defined a string conversion function that will return
const char*
but you are assigning to a non-const char* variable.

See any problem somewhere ;)

/Per W

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005, bhadram rao wrote:

> Dear friend,
>               I'd a problem. I'm using user defined conversion function char* to use like
> char* ch=s1;(string object name); But the problem is that it is giving compilation error. It cannot able to find the conversion operator char*. Can any body solve my problem. Please help me in this aspect.I'd already defined user conversion operator. But still not working.
> String::operator const char*() const
> {
>  return buf;
> }
> yours friendly,
> bhadram
> D:\cpppractice\aug20\maincpp.cpp(12) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'class bhadram::String' to 'char *'
>         No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called
> Error executing cl.exe.
> maincpp.obj - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)