No compilation error with wrong data type

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Mar 28, 1999, "Aki Niimura" <akineko@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> Passing 'int' to test() which expects 'Test &w' generates error.

Correct, because we can't bind a non-const reference to a temporary
that would be created with the constructor Test(int).

> Passing 'int' to testConst() which expects 'const Test &w' generates
> no error at all.

Yup; since the reference is const, a temporary can be used.

> However, passing 'int' to test2Const() which expects 'const Test2 &w'
> generate error. 

That's because there's no constructor Test2(int).

Thanks for your report.

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