G++ bug

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Sep 20, 1999, Andy Rysin <arysin@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Problem: GCC can not distinct 'typedef unsigned int
> Rgb' from 'char *' in overloaded constructor when
> argument is 'Rgb(0)'.

Try `0u'.  The type of `0' is `int', not `unsigned int'.  Converting
`int' to `unsigned int' is an integral conversion, and `int' to
`char*' is a pointer conversion.  Since both are conversions, neither
is better; overload resolution fails due to ambiguity.

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