Re: Is it not possible to use unsigned short and bool data typessimultaneously for function overload?

[Paul Pluzhnikov]

"Deepak Goyal" <dgoyal@parasoft.com> writes:

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> Is it not possible to use unsigned short and bool data types simultaneously?

No: it is perfectly possible to use them simultaneously.

> Is it a bug in GCC?

No: it's a bug in your program.

> class display
> {
> public :
>   int my_method(unsigned short int);
>   int my_method(bool);
...
>   s.my_method(4);

Which of the two overloaded methods did you expect the call above
to go to? And why? Hint: the compiler is telling you that it can't
choose, because both choices are equally bad.

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