Thread: returning reference from class

Either

Code:

const std::string &str() const { return m_str; }

or

Code:

std::string &str() const { return m_str; }

Will give error: cannot convert from 'const std::string' to 'std::string &'

Originally Posted by l2u

Either

Code:

const std::string &str() const { return m_str; }

or

Code:

std::string &str() const { return m_str; }

Will give error: cannot convert from 'const std::string' to 'std::string &'

Well, sure. Inside a const function, all member variables act like they are const. So you can't return a non-const reference to a member from inside a const function. I don't believe you that the first example doesn't work. It should work fine.

Originally Posted by brewbuck

Well, sure. Inside a const function, all member variables act like they are const. So you can't return a non-const reference to a member from inside a const function. I don't believe you that the first example doesn't work. It should work fine.

It does.. Sorry, I missed something