"Michael D. Pritchett" wrote:
>
> From: Joaquín Cuenca Abela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 2:13 PM
>
> > operator[] and operator[] const for UT_String
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Joaquín Cuenca Abela
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
> Joaquin -
>
> MSVC 5.0 is having difficultly with this:
>
> char& UT_String::operator[](size_t iPos)
> {
> UT_ASSERT(iPos <= size());
> return pimpl->data()[iPos];
> }
>
> saying something about return cannot convert 'const char' to 'char &'.
> Substituting
>
> return (char) pimpl->data()[iPos];
>
> allows it to compile and continue, but I am not sure if this is what you
> wanted.
not, at all. (I'm not saying that this way it will not work, but a
const_cast<> is out of question.)
I added a
char_type* data() { return m_psz; }
method to UT_Stringbuf. Can you please check that you have it?
If it's there, then MSVC 5.0 is broken here...
Cheers,
--
Joaquín Cuenca Abela
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
