/* [gadnio@apocalypse]:[test]$ g++ -v -save-temps a.cpp Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f95,objc,ada,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --program-suffix=-4.0 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=mt --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-java-gc=boehm --enable-java-awt=gtk --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-4.0-1.4.2.0/jre --enable-mpfr --disable-werror --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.0.1 20050701 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.0-12) /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.1/cc1plus -E -quiet -v -D_GNU_SOURCE a.cpp -mtune=i486 -fpch-preprocess -o a.ii ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/i486-linux-gnu" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../i486-linux-gnu/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/include/i486-linux-gnu" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../include/c++/4.0.1 /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../include/c++/4.0.1/i486-linux-gnu /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../include/c++/4.0.1/backward /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.1/include /usr/include End of search list. /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.1/cc1plus -fpreprocessed a.ii -quiet -dumpbase a.cpp -mtune=i486 -auxbase a -version -o a.s GNU C++ version 4.0.1 20050701 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.0-12) (i486-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.0.1 20050701 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.0-12). GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=64 --param ggc-min-heapsize=64540 a.cpp: In function ‘int main()’: a.cpp:24: error: invalid conversion from ‘const char*’ to ‘int’ a.cpp:24: error: initializing argument 1 of ‘virtual void b::bb(int)’ */ ## Hello, i wonder why the following code does not work: ##--- copy here --- # 1 "a.cpp" # 1 "" # 1 "" # 1 "a.cpp" class a { public: virtual void bb( int ) { } void bb( const char * ) { } }; class b: public a { public: void bb( int ) { } }; int main() { b bb; bb.bb( "" ); return 0; } ##--- copy here --- -- Summary: Override overloaded function problems Product: gcc Version: 4.0.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: critical Priority: P2 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: gadniomaina at yahoo dot com CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC build triplet: linux debian 3.0 GCC host triplet: linux GCC target triplet: linux debian 3.0 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22343