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From: kadmon!jason@MTXINU.COM (Jason Venner)
Newsgroups: gnu.g++
Subject: c++ question
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Date: 16 May 89 06:11:15 GMT
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I have some code that operates on a class.

(it is actually a class (B)that as a private data element that is an
instance of a class (A)).

In the code, I want to call a member function of of A.
This is an overloaded function, and can be called with either a char
or a char*.

In Class B, I would like to call it sometimes with a char, and
sometimes with a Chars.  The code that does it is almost identical.

How can I do this in g++ with only one function.

I could do it with macro's, but that seems to be frowned upon in
G++ing circles.  


What I want is
     member put(char c)		{ return internal_magic_put( c ); };
     member put( char* s)	{ return internal_magic_put( c ); };
...

internal_magic_put( char or char* thing, thing is a char or thing is a
char* )
{

	A::put(thing);		// automagically the correct type
	passed
	if( is a char ) do x
	else
		do y
.....

Jason Venner
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