Re: cast operator

From: Ron Natalie (ron_at_sensor.com)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:56:18 -0500

"Ali R." <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:11vYb.207$xD6.30181429@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
> Hi guys,
>
> I have a string class, which is a wrapper for a char *
> with a few operators, like +

Sounds like what you want is a converting constructor, like the std::string
class has.

class String {
public:
    String(const char*);
    String();
...
};

Then you pretty much give a const char* to anything expecting a String and it will
be converted.

The operator char*() you defined does the opposite (and is probably ill-advised).
It converts you String class to a const char*.

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