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c++constructoroverloading
Rob
Rob

Reputation: 3

Why does the compiler complains when I declare and define a constructor with no argument and a constructor with an argument?

I have this code in C++:

#include <iostream>

class Object
{
    public:
        Object();
        Object(int someValue = 0);

    private:
        int value;
};

Object::Object()
{
    std::cout << "No argument constructor" << std::endl;
    value = 0;
}

Object::Object(int someValue)
{
    std::cout << "Argument constructor" << std::endl;
    value = someValue
}

int main()
{
    Object obj1;     // should call Object() (according to me)
    Object obj2(5);  // should call Object(int) (according to me)
}

But the compiler (MinGW 4.8.1) on Windows 7 64 bit, complains about a call of overloaded 'Object()' being ambiguous:

defaultConstructorTest.cpp: In function 'int main()':
defaultConstructorTest.cpp:27:9: error: call of overloaded 'Object()' is  ambiguous
  Object obj1;
         ^
defaultConstructorTest.cpp:27:9: note: candidates are:
defaultConstructorTest.cpp:19:1: note: Object::Object(int)
Object::Object(int someValue)
^
defaultConstructorTest.cpp:13:1: note: Object::Object()
Object::Object()
^

So ideally, I would like to get this output:

No argument constructor
Argument constructor

Upvotes: 0

Views: 64

Answers (1)

ravi
ravi

Reputation: 10733

This is because call to 

Object obj1;

is ambiguous. As second constructor has one default argument which makes it a good enough contender for default construction of objects.

Upvotes: 3

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