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From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To: Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: C++ Question
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In-Reply-To: <20020404233047.A8398@colnta.acns.ab.ca>; from davidc@acns.ab.ca on Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 11:30:47PM -0700
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On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 11:30:47PM -0700, Chad David wrote:
> I realize this isn't really a FreeBSD question, but...
> 
> I'm porting a bunch of code to FreeBSD and I've run into the following:
> 
> int do_xyz(String &s1, String &s2 = String(), String &s3 = String());
> 
> g++ complains fails with the following:
> 
> 	file.h:100: invalid type `String' for default argument to `String &'

Not bothered by any knowledge, but what if you remove the assignments
from the prototyping?

    int do_xyz(String &s1, String &s2, String &s3);

And then let the function definition the same (i.e. with the assignments).

Edwin

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