Re: GCC-3.0: possible regression

[Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot oz dot au>]

On 03-Jul-2001, jan@etpmod.phys.tue.nl <jan@etpmod.phys.tue.nl> wrote:
> The following code compiles with 2.95.3, but not with 3.0. Before filing
> a bug report, I would like your opinion what the standard has to say
> about it (I did not find a previous related report). What's wrong: the
> code or 3.0?
> 
> #include <cstddef>
> struct MyString
> {
>         char operator [](size_t) const;
>         char& operator [](size_t);
>         operator const char*() const;
> };
> 
> main()
> {
>         MyString s;
>         char c = s[0];
>         return 0;
> }
> 
> Compiler output follows:
> 
> jan@gum03:/real-home/jan > g++ -c test.cpp
> test.cpp: In function `int main()':
> test.cpp:12: choosing `char& MyString::operator[](unsigned int)' over
>    `operator[]'
> test.cpp:12:   because worst conversion for the former is better than
> worst
>    conversion for the latter
> 
> I understand what's going on, but had expected the const-version of the
> []-operator to be chosen, like with 2.95.3.

Why would the const version of operator [] be chosen?
The non-const version is an equal match on the size_t argument,
and a better match on the `this' argument, since the object `s'
is not const.  So I think 3.0 is correct here.

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