Re: could not convert `obj(5)' to `obj &'

[Nathan Sidwell <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon Vance wrote:
> I have a bunch of code that used to compile under an older version of 
> gcc, and will not do so using 2.96.  Here is a very simple example of 
> the problem I am having:

> void printit(obj& o)
void printit (obj const & o)
> {
>  printf("%d\n", o.i);
> }

> g++     t.cpp   -o t
> t.cpp: In function `int main ()':
> t.cpp:17: could not convert `obj(5)' to `obj &'
> t.cpp:11: in passing argument 1 of `printit (obj &)'
> make: *** [t] Error 1
you cannot bind a temporary to a non-constant reference

nathan


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