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  1. namespace Test
  2. {
  3.  
  4.     class cTest
  5.     {
  6.     public:
  7.         float Temp;
  8.     };
  9.  
  10.     class cTest2
  11.     {
  12.     public:
  13.         cTest Calculate()
  14.         {
  15.             cTest TempTest;
  16.             return TempTest;
  17.         };
  18.     };
  19.  
  20.     //This class is implemented to show that it's not the namespace location that causes the compile error to occur.
  21.     //Used only in Method 2
  22.         class cTest3
  23.         {
  24.         public:
  25.  
  26.             cTest2 TempTest2_Obj;
  27.             int ReturnValue;
  28.  
  29.             int TestFunction()
  30.             {
  31.                 ReturnValue = TempTest2_Obj.Calculate(); //The compiler looks up the object and finds an entry for Calculate,
  32.                 					 //and settles on the 'v' (Or void/no arguments) entry, but somehow it knows
  33.                 					 //its return type is of cTest, without name decoration!
  34.                 return ReturnValue;
  35.             };
  36.         };
  37. };
  38.  
  39. int main()
  40. {
  41. //Method 1 of demonstrating the function selection problem.
  42. /** /
  43.     Test::cTest2 TempObj1;
  44.     Test::cTest2 TempObj2;
  45.  
  46.     TempObj1 = TempObj2.Calculate();
  47. /**/
  48.  
  49. //Method 2 of demonstrating the function selection problem.
  50. /**/
  51.     Test::cTest3 TempObj3;
  52.     TempObj3.TestFunction();
  53. /**/
  54.  
  55. 	return 0;
  56. };
Compilation error #stdin compilation error #stdout 0s 0KB
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prog.cpp:47:1: warning: "/*" within comment
prog.cpp: In member function ‘int Test::cTest3::TestFunction()’:
prog.cpp:31: error: cannot convert ‘Test::cTest’ to ‘int’ in assignment
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C++ (gcc 8.3)
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12 years ago
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