class derived from template with operator overloads

[NioBium]

hello, everyone! i would appreciate if any of c++ guru's will help me to resolve the issue i have faced.

i have a template class with operator overloads:

template <class Object>
class ObjectSet
{  
public:
    const ObjectSet<Object> operator+(const ObjectSet<Object> &) const;
    const ObjectSet<Object> operator-(const ObjectSet<Object> &) const;
    const ObjectSet<Object> operator*(const ObjectSet<Object> &) const;
///
};

i have a class derived from it.

 class NodeSet: public ObjectSet<Node>
{
///
};

in main() i have the following:

        
1      ObjectSet<int> aos;
2      ObjectSet<int> bos;
3      ObjectSet<int> cos;
4      cos = aos+bos;
5      NodeSet ans;
6      NodeSet bns;
7      NodeSet cns;
8      cns = ans+bns;

when i try to compile it compiler error with the following error emerges on line 8:

no match for 'operator=' in 'cns = ObjectSet<Object>::operator+(const ObjectSet<Object>&) const [with Object = Node](((const ObjectSet<Node>&)((const ObjectSet<Node>*)((ObjectSet<Node>*)(&bns)))))'

though there is no error about line 4. could you please help me to understand, what can be the problem that does not allow me to compile the code?

[Paul McKenzie]

template <class Object>
class ObjectSet
{  
public:
    const ObjectSet<Object> operator+(const ObjectSet<Object> &) const;
    const ObjectSet<Object> operator-(const ObjectSet<Object> &) const;
    const ObjectSet<Object> operator*(const ObjectSet<Object> &) const;
///
};

class NodeSet: public ObjectSet<Node>
{
///
};

int main()
{
      ObjectSet<int> aos;
      ObjectSet<int> bos;
      ObjectSet<int> cos;
      cos = aos+bos;
      NodeSet ans;
      NodeSet bns;
      NodeSet cns;
      cns = ans+bns;
}

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Comeau C/C++ 4.3.10.1 (Oct  6 2008 11:28:09) for ONLINE_EVALUATION_BETA2
Copyright 1988-2008 Comeau Computing.  All rights reserved.
MODE:strict errors C++ C++0x_extensions

"ComeauTest.c", line 11: error: identifier "Node" is undefined
  class NodeSet: public ObjectSet<Node>
                                  ^

"ComeauTest.c", line 25: error: no operator "=" matches these operands
            operand types are: NodeSet = const ObjectSet<<error-type>>
        cns = ans+bns;
            ^

"ComeauTest.c", line 20: warning: variable "cos" was set but never used
        ObjectSet<int> cos;
                       ^

2 errors detected in the compilation of "ComeauTest.c".

In strict mode, with -tused, Compile failed

Please provide a complete example that duplicates the compiler error.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

[exterminator]

The reason as it looks is that you have the default assignment operator for the derived class. And the default one has the signature as:

NodeSet& operator=(const NodeSet& rhs);

and from the statement:

cns = ans+bns;

the rhs of operator= evaluates to an object of type of its base class since you don't provide the arithematic operators for the derived class. Hence, the derived class inherits the base operator and evaluates the expression 'ans+bns' as sum of two base objects returning a base type object. Now, assignment derived=base doesn't work. Fix depends on what you want to accomplish. Hope it helps.

[NioBium]

The reason as it looks is that you have the default assignment operator for the derived class. And the default one has the signature as:

NodeSet& operator=(const NodeSet& rhs);

and from the statement:

cns = ans+bns;

the rhs of operator= evaluates to an object of type of its base class since you don't provide the arithematic operators for the derived class. Hence, the derived class inherits the base operator and evaluates the expression 'ans+bns' as sum of two base objects returning a base type object. Now, assignment derived=base doesn't work. Fix depends on what you want to accomplish. Hope it helps.

thank you man!