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Path: apm-b325-8.ucsd.edu!user
From: [e-mail] (Benjamin Redelings)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: g++ 2.7.2 Bug
Date: 31 Jan 1996 21:19:22 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
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I've found that g++ 2.7.2 doesn't seem to be able to do 2-step conversions
all the time.

My specific problem is this:
I defined the conversions
   (char*)  ->  struct string
   struct string -> struct form\


Now, I'm getting compiler errors;

string s = "abc"  // works
string s = ("abc") //works
form f = s; //works
form f (s); //works
form f("abc") //works
form f = "abc" // the compiler can't figure out how to convert (char*) to form.

Is this a bug or a feature?  I can't think of any way it could be intentional...


Thanks,
BenRI