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    Classes

    Code:
    class painter {
    
    virtual void paint();
    
    };
    
    
    
    painter p;
    p->paint();
    This wouldn't work. :/ Could you tell me why?

    Errors:
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    error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '->'
    error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
    error C2371: 'p' : redefinition; different basic types
    1>  see declaration of 'p'

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    for p-> to work, p must be either a pointer or have the operator -> defined for it.
    You should probably look for some tutorials along the lines of virtual functions.
    What are you trying to accomplish?
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    I tried a pointer. Im trying to make an object, painter is just a name I used.

    Virtual they use is used to make objects output.

    Also, what do you mean by operator -> defined for it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobbelPoP View Post
    I tried a pointer. Im trying to make an object, painter is just a name I used.
    If you had tried a pointer, it would have worked.

    Quote Originally Posted by bobbelPoP View Post
    Virtual they use is used to make objects output.
    This is so amazingly wrong as to boggle the mind. The word virtual is used to indicate that a derived class may override the paint method, nothing more.

    Quote Originally Posted by bobbelPoP View Post
    Also, what do you mean by operator -> defined for it?
    Just what it says. C++ only defines -> to work on pointers to structures or classes; but if you make your own class you can define -> on that class too. (You shouldn't, probably, but you can.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by tabstop View Post
    If you had tried a pointer, it would have worked.


    This is so amazingly wrong as to boggle the mind. The word virtual is used to indicate that a derived class may override the paint method, nothing more.
    1. Well it didn't
    2. They SAID the concept was that.

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    Oh you/we forgot one other thing:
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    class painter {
        public:
        virtual void paint();
    
    };
    
    void painter::paint() {
        std::cout << "Works.\n";
    }
    
    int main() {
        painter p;  //alternatively painter *p;
        p.paint();  //alternatively p->paint();
        return 0;
    }
    Edit to add: I wonder who said that virtual was used for output, and what they meant by it.
    Last edited by tabstop; 07-15-2008 at 09:58 PM.

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    I swore I added that, must have accidently removed it.

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    alright, throwing in my two cents to reconcile the obvious:

    they probably said that virtual is used to output the correct data when paint is called in descendants of painter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobbelPoP View Post
    1. Well it didn't
    2. They SAID the concept was that.
    Who is "They"?

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