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using method return value as default argument

Started by moussen15 Aug 6, 2006 at 12:35 PM 0 replies 600+ views

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Aug 6, 2006 at 12:35 PM

This must be possible, but I can't figure out how. I was thinking something like this:


class cMyClass
{
      public:
              int  increase( int x, int amount = getStandardIncreaseAmount() );
              int  getStandardIncreaseAmount();
};

; But my compiler complains about not being able to call getStandardIncreaseAmount() without an object (adding "this->" doesn't solve the problem because "it can't be used in this context" or something. Does anybody know how to do this?

SiCrane

Aug 6, 2006 at 12:36 PM

Assuming C++ (or another language with function overloading), you can add an overload for increase:

  int increase(int x) { return increasee(x, getStandardIncreaseAmount()); }

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