Thread: Template object without object name

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    Template object without object name

    hi
    The below code compiles
    Code:
    typedef Correlation<vsip::Vector,support_full,value_type> cor;
    Domain<1> aa(nrange);
    cor co(aa,aa);
    But if i modify the same code like below i get error
    Code:
    typedef Correlation<vsip::Vector,support_full,value_type> cor;
    cor co(Domain<1>(nrange),Domain<1>(nrange));
    why the object is not created with out the object name.
    The error is
    Code:
    ../ds.cpp:86: error: conversion from `vsip::Vector<std::complex<float>, vsip::Dense<1u, std::complex<float>, vsip::tuple<0u, 1u, 2u>, vsip::Local_map> >' to non-scalar type `vsip::Domain<1u>' requested
    ../ds.cpp:127:5: warning: no newline at end of file
    make: *** [ds.o] Error 1

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    Again the function thing. I don't know why the compiler gives you this particular error, but "co" is once again a function returning a "cor" and taking two arguments of type "Domain<1>". You may get problems since the arguments have the same name.

    Also, would you please just add the final newline to the file to silence this compiler warning?
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    Thanks for reply
    i for got to tell u that nrange is defined as
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    long unsigned int nrange = 4;
    Even if nrange is an unsigned int object, does the compiler sees co as a function.

    Also with the same compiler in the below code ,the object of Convolution is created.The second argument to the constructor is an object(which is created with out object name).

    Code:
    typedef Convolution<vsip::Vector,nonsym,support_full,value_type> con;
    con c(replica, Domain<1>(nrange));
    I am not sure whether an object can be created without object name.
    The following example is taken from the text book which creates object without using object name

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    template<class T, class U> class C
    {
    public:
    	void f()
    	{
    		cout << "Primary Template\n";
    	}
    };
    
    int main()
    {
    	C<float, int>().f(); 
    }
    In the above examle does the statement
    Code:
    C<float, int>().f();
    creates a object and then calls the function f() or does somthing else.
    Please confirm wheather a object can be created without using the object name.

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    Even if nrange is an unsigned int object, does the compiler sees co as a function.
    The compiler doesn't care about the current meaning of nrange.

    Also with the same compiler in the below code ,the object of Convolution is created.
    Yes. Since replica isn't a type, the line can't be a function declaration, so it must be an object creation.

    I am not sure whether an object can be created without object name.
    It can be. The object is temporary, though - it is destroyed at the end of the statement.
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    Thank u
    If a constructor takes a pointer as an argument then new operator can be passed as the argument( new ClassName ) to create a object with out creating object name.

    In the same way if a constructor takes an object by value or reference as an argument, is there a way to create a object without creating object name.
    Last edited by babu198649; 09-16-2008 at 06:30 AM.

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    By value or by const reference. Mutable references cannot bind to temporaries. (Except as an extension in VC++.)

    By the way, please drop the netspeak.
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    Please post a simple working code,i tried to do it but i am unable to make work

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    Working code for what?
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    By value or by const reference.
    i am unable to make it work by value or by const reference.

    Mutable references cannot bind to temporaries. (Except as an extension in VC++.)
    As i know mutable variables can be altered by const functions,Is this what Mutable in the above statement mean or something else(I am not VC++ programmer).

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    Code:
    void foo1(std::string); // by value
    void foo2(std::string &); // by mutable reference
    void foo3(const std::string &); // by const reference
    
    int main()
    {
      foo1(std::string("hey")); // Valid, temporary for by-value
      foo2(std::string("error")); // Invalid, temporary for mutable reference
      foo3(std::string("there")); // Valid, temporary by const reference
    }
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