I was trying to do some example code for type conversions between objects, just following what is showed here.
This is the parent class
// ParentClass.h
class ParentClass {
public:
ParentClass();
virtual ~ParentClass();
};
It´s just some concept proof, the only thing it does is print something
#include <iostream>
#include "ParentClass.h"
ParentClass::ParentClass()
{
std::cout << "Parent\tDefault constructor\n";
}
ParentClass::~ParentClass()
{
std::cout << "Parent\tDestructor\n";
}
And then, the derived class
// ChildClass.h
#include "ParentClass.h"
class ChildClass: public ParentClass {
public:
ChildClass();
// conversion constructor
ChildClass( const ParentClass& p );
// conversion from assignment
ChildClass& operator= ( const ParentClass & p );
// type-cast operator
operator ParentClass();
// destructor
virtual ~ChildClass();
};
And then, the code, is also rather stupid
// ChildClass.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "ChildClass.h"
ChildClass::ChildClass()
{
std::cout << "Child\tDefault constructor\n";
}
ChildClass::~ChildClass()
{
std::cout << "Child\tDestructor\n";
}
// conversion constructor
ChildClass::ChildClass( const ParentClass& p )
{
std::cout << "Child\tConversion constructor\n";
}
// assignment operator
ChildClass& ChildClass::operator= ( const ParentClass & p )
{
std::cout << "Child\toperator= conversion\n";
return *this;
}
// type-cast operator
ChildClass::operator ParentClass()
{
std::cout << "Child\toperatorParentClass()\n";
return ParentClass();
}
Then, I do some conversions in my main function
std::cout << "calls Parent default constructor\n";
ParentClass foo;
std::cout << "calls Parent to child constructor\n";
ChildClass bar = foo;
std::cout << "calls assignment operator from child\n";
bar = foo;
std::cout << "calls Child type-cast operator\n";
foo = bar;
std::cout << "Exit\n";
But when I run this the code is not entering the type cast operator from the derived class, it just prints this:
calls Parent default constructor
Parent Default constructor
calls Parent to child constructor
Parent Default constructor
Child Conversion constructor
calls assignment operator from child
Child operator= conversion
calls Child type-cast operator
Exit
Child Destructor
Parent Destructor
Parent Destructor
I am at a loss about this, as I tried the code in the link above and it worked just like it should.
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