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From: fkuhl@maestro.mitre.org (F. S. Kuhl)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: translator error
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Date: 18 Jan 91 20:50:53 GMT
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Why does the translator (Sun packaging of AT&T 2.0) object to the
following?  I define in a base class SBName a virtual operator

virtual SBName& operator = (const char *);

which I intend to inherit in a derived class, ObjectName.  In my main
routine I say:

ObjectName myObjName;
myObjName = "hello";

and the translator says of the second line

"consol.cc", line 51: error: bad argument list for ObjectName::ObjectName() (no match against any  ObjectName::ObjectName())

What am I missing?
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Frederick Kuhl			fkuhl@mitre.org
Civil Systems Division
The MITRE Corporation