Pointers related.

I have a "f" function whose result type is A.
I have a "g" function that takes one parameter of type pointer-to-A.

I have to call the "g" function using the return value of "f", but I can't:

Code:

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temp=g(f())

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I get "error C2664: cannot convert parameter 1 from 'struct A' to 'struct A*'. No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called".
An immediate idea would be to write:

Code:

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temp=g(&f())

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But that fails as expected: "error C2102: '&' requires l-value"

After a function returns, the objects are destroyed. So, when you try to reference the location of A with &A, it doesn't exist anymore, so you get an error.

Hmmm...but this works:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class A
{
public:
        A(int n)
        {
                num = n;
        }

private:
        int num;
};

A func(void)
{
        A an_object(20);
        return an_object;
}

void gunc(A* pA)
{
        cout<<"Hello world."<<endl;
}



int main()
{
        A myObject(10);
        gunc(&(func()));

        return 0;
}

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So I guess I must necessarily use a temporary variable, huh?

It looks like just your notation is wrong:

You have a function f() and you want to get the address of the return value, so you need to do this:

&(f())

Then you want to call g() with that as the parameter:

Code:

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g( &(f()) )

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My previous explanation is wrong because when you return a local object, a copy is made and the copy is returned, and then the original is destroyed. You can't reference the original object, e.g. &an_object in my example, but you can reference the address of the copy, which is what you are doing when you say:

&(f())

Sorry, the error is still with me.

Code:

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point3d _stdcall fpoint3d(double x,double y,double z)
{struct point3d t={x,y,z};
return t;}
point3d _stdcall vproduct(point3d *v1,point3d *v2)
{struct point3d t={v1->y*v2->z-v1->z*v2->y,v1->z*v2->x-v1->x*v2->z,v1->x*v2->y-v1->y*v2->x};
return t;}
... ... ... ... ... ...
point3d y=vproduct(&(fpoint3d(l->a,l->b,l->c)),&x);//error C2102: '&' requires l-value

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