Thread: about "this"

i am writing a function in which based on some condition i am supposed to call another function with this passed as a parameter to it..

my code is somewhat like this..

Code:

class b
{
	public:
	b& func1(b &,b &);
	b& func2(b &);
};

b& b :: func1(b &x,b &y)
{
	z = new b();
	.
	.
	return z;
}

b& b :: func2(b &x)
{
	z = new b();
	if(condition)
	{
		//if i use this --no matching function call to 'b::func1(b* const,b&)'
		z = func1(this,x);
		//if i use this --cannot convert 'b' to 'b*' in assignment
		z = func1(*this,x);
	}
	else
	{
		z = x;
	}
	return z;
}

please help me...

Second one is correct, first one is not.
Your problem is with z. Is it a pointer or a reference/actual object. You treat it as a pointer once ('z = new b()'), and as an object or reference the second time ('z = func1...' and 'z = x' where x is a reference). If it is a pointer, then your memory management is a bit flawed as you lose the pointer to the data you allocate with new (memory leak).