Inheriting operator []

[Thomas Matthews]

Hi,

I have a class Record which is a container of fields.
I have overloaded operator[] to return a pointer to a Field:
class Field; // Forward declaration
class Record
{
public:
Field * operator[](unsigned int index);
};

I have defined a class, Keyed_Record, which is-a Record
that has Keys associated with it:
class Key;
class Keyed_Record
: public Record
{
std::vector<Key *> keys;
};

My issue is that operator[] is not working for the
Keyed_Record class. I've searched the FAQ and Bruce
Eckel's book and didn't find anything. Unfortunately,
my Stroustup book is at home and my electronic copy
of the standard is on my home computer.

Is there any reason that operator[] is not inherited
by Keyed_Record?

I'm using Borland 6, if that makes any difference.

Here is an application of the operator[] for the
Keyed_Record:

int main(void)
{
Field * pf;
Keyed_Record kr;
pf = kr[1]; // Return pointer to second field
// in keyed record.
return 0;
}

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[John Harrison]

Hi,

I have a class Record which is a container of fields.
I have overloaded operator[] to return a pointer to a Field:
class Field; // Forward declaration
class Record
{
public:
Field * operator[](unsigned int index);
};

I have defined a class, Keyed_Record, which is-a Record
that has Keys associated with it:
class Key;
class Keyed_Record
: public Record
{
std::vector<Key *> keys;
};

My issue is that operator[] is not working for the
Keyed_Record class. I've searched the FAQ and Bruce
Eckel's book and didn't find anything. Unfortunately,
my Stroustup book is at home and my electronic copy
of the standard is on my home computer.

Is there any reason that operator[] is not inherited
by Keyed_Record?

None that I can see from your code snippetts.

I'm using Borland 6, if that makes any difference.

Here is an application of the operator[] for the
Keyed_Record:

int main(void)
{
Field * pf;
Keyed_Record kr;
pf = kr[1]; // Return pointer to second field
// in keyed record.
return 0;
}

What do you mean when you say that it doesn't work? Does it compile? If not
what are the error messages. Does it run incorrectly? If so then what goes
wrong?

john

 

[Mike Wahler]

Hi,

I have a class Record which is a container of fields.
I have overloaded operator[] to return a pointer to a Field:
class Field; // Forward declaration
class Record
{
public:
Field * operator[](unsigned int index);
};

I have defined a class, Keyed_Record, which is-a Record
that has Keys associated with it:
class Key;
class Keyed_Record
: public Record
{
std::vector<Key *> keys;
};

My issue is that operator[] is not working for the
Keyed_Record class. I've searched the FAQ and Bruce
Eckel's book and didn't find anything. Unfortunately,
my Stroustup book is at home and my electronic copy
of the standard is on my home computer.

Is there any reason that operator[] is not inherited
by Keyed_Record?

I'm using Borland 6, if that makes any difference.

Here is an application of the operator[] for the
Keyed_Record:

int main(void)
{
Field * pf;
Keyed_Record kr;
pf = kr[1]; // Return pointer to second field
// in keyed record.
return 0;
}

I've made changes and additions in order to make my
guesses at what you're doing testable:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

class Field
{
public:
std::string data;
Field(const std::string& arg) : data(arg) { }
};

class Record
{
std::vector<Field> fields;
public:
Record()
{
fields.push_back(Field("one"));
fields.push_back(Field("two"));
fields.push_back(Field("three"));
}

Field * operator[](unsigned int index)
{
return &fields[index];
}
};

class Key;
class Keyed_Record
: public Record
{
std::vector<Key *> keys;
};

int main(void)
{
Field * pf;
Keyed_Record kr;
pf = kr[1]; // Return pointer to second field
// in keyed record.

std::cout << kr[1]->data << '\n';
return 0;
}

Output:

two


-Mike

 

[Thomas Matthews]

Hi,

I have a class Record which is a container of fields.
I have overloaded operator[] to return a pointer to a Field:
class Field; // Forward declaration
class Record
{
public:
Field * operator[](unsigned int index);
};

I have defined a class, Keyed_Record, which is-a Record
that has Keys associated with it:
class Key;
class Keyed_Record
: public Record
{
std::vector<Key *> keys;
};

My issue is that operator[] is not working for the
Keyed_Record class. I've searched the FAQ and Bruce
Eckel's book and didn't find anything. Unfortunately,
my Stroustup book is at home and my electronic copy
of the standard is on my home computer.

Is there any reason that operator[] is not inherited
by Keyed_Record?

None that I can see from your code snippetts.

I'm using Borland 6, if that makes any difference.

Here is an application of the operator[] for the
Keyed_Record:

int main(void)
{
Field * pf;
Keyed_Record kr;
pf = kr[1]; // Return pointer to second field
// in keyed record.
return 0;
}

What do you mean when you say that it doesn't work? Does it compile? If not
what are the error messages. Does it run incorrectly? If so then what goes
wrong?

john

Mea culpa! My mistake, I declared the Record:perator[] as:
Field * operator[](const string& s);
The operator that I was asking for was:
Field * operator[](unsigned int i);

{I even searched the ISO spec and found no reason preventing
inheritance of the operator[].}

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[Thomas Matthews]

Hi,

I have a class Record which is a container of fields.
I have overloaded operator[] to return a pointer to a Field:
class Field; // Forward declaration
class Record
{
public:
Field * operator[](unsigned int index);
};

I have defined a class, Keyed_Record, which is-a Record
that has Keys associated with it:
class Key;
class Keyed_Record
: public Record
{
std::vector<Key *> keys;
};

My issue is that operator[] is not working for the
Keyed_Record class. I've searched the FAQ and Bruce
Eckel's book and didn't find anything. Unfortunately,
my Stroustup book is at home and my electronic copy
of the standard is on my home computer.

Is there any reason that operator[] is not inherited
by Keyed_Record?

I'm using Borland 6, if that makes any difference.

Here is an application of the operator[] for the
Keyed_Record:

int main(void)
{
Field * pf;
Keyed_Record kr;
pf = kr[1]; // Return pointer to second field
// in keyed record.
return 0;
}

I've made changes and additions in order to make my
guesses at what you're doing testable:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

class Field
{
public:
std::string data;
Field(const std::string& arg) : data(arg) { }
};

class Record
{
std::vector<Field> fields;
public:
Record()
{
fields.push_back(Field("one"));
fields.push_back(Field("two"));
fields.push_back(Field("three"));
}

Field * operator[](unsigned int index)
{
return &fields[index];
}
};

class Key;
class Keyed_Record
: public Record
{
std::vector<Key *> keys;
};

int main(void)
{
Field * pf;
Keyed_Record kr;
pf = kr[1]; // Return pointer to second field
// in keyed record.

std::cout << kr[1]->data << '\n';
return 0;
}

Output:

two


-Mike

My mistake. The method defined in my Record was actually:
Field * operator[](const string& field_name);
The method causing the problems was:
Field * operator[](unsigned int index);

Perhaps I need to walk around the building before posting. ;-)


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