On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 06:08 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would like to pass a variable pointer that has been instantiated > using 'auto_ptr' to a class method, however, the compiler complains > saying that it does not recognize the method call;
You have to know that Auto-pointers are class objects, not scalar pointers. They might look like pointers while using them, but they aren't. If you want to declare a function which takes an auto_pointer, then declare the function's arguments as auto_ptr<T> object, where "T" is some specific type or a template type. > main(){ > std::string temp* > std::auto_ptr<std::string> tmp(new std::string("hey!"));} > MyClass mc(); > mc.MyMethod(temp); // <<-- Error?? > ... > } Did you realize that "temp" in main is a pointer, and MyMethod is expecting a reference ? Besides, what does "temp" has to do with Auto-pointers, isn't it just a regular pointer !! Cheers, -- John V. Shahid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus