Thread: illegal copy constructor required?

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    GA ichijoji's Avatar
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    illegal copy constructor required?

    I'm working on a recursive function that has a class as an argument:
    Code:
    board_t solve(board_t board, int x, int *rowtarget, int* coltarget) {
      int i;
      board_t temp = board;
      for (i = 0; i < board.size; ++i) {
        temp.board[x][i] = true;
        if (ok(temp,rowtarget,coltarget)) {
          if (x < board.size - 1)
            return solve(temp,x+1,rowtarget,coltarget);
          else
            return temp;
        }
        temp = board;
      }
      printf("no solutions found!\n");
      return board;
    }
    so I implemented a copy constructor and operator= for the class. Now when I compile my code I get the following error on the line where the recursive function calls itself:
    error: no matching function for call to `board_t::board_t(board_t)'
    board.h:9: note: candidates are: board_t::board_t(board_t&)
    board.h:8: note: board_t::board_t(int)
    I tried just making a duplicate of my copy constructor like that, but it gave me wicked errors. I'm not sure what's causing this, but I've tried everything I can think of and nothing works.
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    Have you overloaded the = operator in your class cause if not you can't just assign the class to another class which is probably the cause of the problem.
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