template programming error

Code:

1>  main.cpp
1>c:\programme\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\fstream(1116): error C2248: "std::basic_ios<_Elem,_Traits>::basic_ios": Kein Zugriff auf private Member, dessen Deklaration in der std::basic_ios<_Elem,_Traits>-Klasse erfolgte.
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Elem=char,
1>              _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>          ]
1>          c:\programme\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\ios(176): Siehe Deklaration von 'std::basic_ios<_Elem,_Traits>::basic_ios'
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Elem=char,
1>              _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>          ]
1>          Diese Diagnose trat in der vom Compiler generierten Funktion "std::basic_ofstream<_Elem,_Traits>::basic_ofstream(const std::basic_ofstream<_Elem,_Traits> &)" auf.
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Elem=char,
1>              _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1>          ]

This is my build log. I hope you can guess what it says despite being in German. It basically says "No access to private member" in some template instantiation.

To me this looks as if some ofstream object is copy constructed. It should not be. So I've been looking at all my declarations and function parameters if I've missed a "&" and passed a real object instead of a reference. But I found none.

I also checked all classes that hold ofstream instances as members but none of them is default copy-constructable, all have an explicit constructors with parameters.

After about 2 hours of guessing and searching I'm really at a loss how to find this. I don't even have a line number to my code. I just know that somewhere in one of the 20 headerfiles included and include-included in main, there is something wrong.

Does anyone have any idea how to find this?

i've seen that before.

did you include both iostream and fstream?

Originally Posted by nvoigt

I also checked all classes that hold ofstream instances as members but none of them is default copy-constructable, all have an explicit constructors with parameters.

Even so, the compiler will automatically generate a copy constructor if you haven't. If you don't want something to be copy-constructible you must define one in a private or protected context.

Originally Posted by nvoigt

I don't even have a line number to my code. I just know that somewhere in one of the 20 headerfiles included and include-included in main, there is something wrong.

Are you sure there isn't a line number associated with the point of instantiation?

Try with another compiler? I guess it still hasn't been fixed in VC++ to tell you where in the code the implicit copy constructor is required.

Even so, the compiler will automatically generate a copy constructor if you haven't.

Oh, I didn't know this. I thought that defining a constructor will not get me the default constructors. Was this changed recently or did I just work with too many languages and forgot parts of C++?

Thanks for the help people, I finally found it. I had assumed a std::tr1:bind template would take a reference, but obviously it made (or tried to make) a copy of my object instead.

Originally Posted by nvoigt

Oh, I didn't know this. I thought that defining a constructor will not get me the default constructors. Was this changed recently or did I just work with too many languages and forgot parts of C++?

No, it's always worked that way. And yes, I do know what you mean - It's easy to forget or mix up features from various programming languages, especially when you use so many on a regular basis. If I didn't have my reference material I'd be lost!