Default parameters - problems

["anitha boyapati" <anitha dot boyapati at gmail dot com>]

Hello,

 I faced some compilation errors with a small test case. I sort of
accidentally hit it.
 and since then I am trying to analyse the cause with no use. Please
look at the code
  below:

File - test.h

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class test {
       public :
               test() { };
               void func1(string str1, bool i = false, int id = -1);

               //overload func1
               void func1(string str1, string str2,  bool i = false);
               };

File - test.cc

#include "test.h"

       void test::func1(string str1, bool i, int id ) {
       }

       void test::func1(string str1, string str2, bool  i ) {
       }

       int main() {
               test *t = new test();
               t->func1("hello", "world", false); // call func1
       }

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:\test\g++ test.cc

test.cc: In function `int main()':
test.cc:11: error: call of overloaded `func1(const char[6], const
char[6], bool)' is ambiguous
test.cc:3: note: candidates are: void test::func1(std::string, bool, int)
test.cc:6: note:  void test::func1(std::string, std::string, bool)


Why is this not compiling ? Can somebody explain what is going on here ?
Why is it not directly going to overloaded func1 () - declared second. ?

Explanation  is greatly welcome ( I would be much more relieved than
hoping and searching in bugzilla)

Obviously removing the third parameter of type int from
void func1(string str1, bool i = false, int id = -1) succeeds in compiling.

My version : g++ 3.4.4 (cygming special)

E:test> g++ -v

Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/specs
Configured with:
/usr/build/package/orig/test.respin/gcc-3.4.4-3/configure --verbose
--prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib
--libexecdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info
--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,d,f77,pascal,java,objc --enable-nls
--without-included-gettext --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs
--without-x --enable-libgcj --disable-java-awt --with-system-zlib
--enable-interpreter --disable-libgcj-debug --enable-threads=posix
--enable-java-gc=boehm --disable-win32-registry
--enable-sjlj-exceptions --enable-hash-synchronization
--enable-libstdcxx-debug
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)



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