I have the following class with a couple friend functions:
class Teleport
{
public:
Teleport();
~Teleport();
void display();
Location teleportFrom(int direction);
friend bool overlap(Wall * wall, Teleport * teleport);
friend bool overlap(Location location);
friend bool overlap(Wall * wall);
friend bool overlap();
Location location;
static vector<Teleport *> teleports;
private:
int currentTeleport;
};
bool overlapT(vector<Wall *> walls);
When I put the last function as a friend function inside the class like so:
class Teleport
{
public:
//...same functions as before...
friend bool overlapT(vector<Wall *> walls);
//... same functions as before...
private:
//... same functions as before...
}
The code produces an extra error overlapT was not declared in this scope
in main.cpp. As for the other overlap functions (which are overloaded in other files), I get similar errors when they're friend functions in the class: error: no matching function for call to 'overlap()'
. I used friend functions in what I believe to be the same way in another file, and have no compiler errors. What might be causing this strange error?
Okay, got a small program that exemplifies this error!
main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "Teleport.h"
using namespace std;
int main()
{
Teleport teleport;
isTrue();
isNotTrue();
isTrue(1);
return 0;
}
Teleport.h
#ifndef TELEPORT_H
#define TELEPORT_H
class Teleport
{
public:
Teleport();
virtual ~Teleport();
friend bool isTrue();
friend bool isNotTrue();
private:
bool veracity;
};
bool isTrue(int a); //useless param, just there to see if anything happens
#endif // TELEPORT_H
teleport.cpp
#include "Teleport.h"
//bool Teleport::veracity;
Teleport::Teleport()
{
veracity = true;
}
Teleport::~Teleport()
{
//dtor
}
bool isTrue()
{
return Teleport::veracity;
}
bool isNotTrue()
{
return !Teleport::veracity;
}
bool isTrue(int a)
{
if(isTrue())
return true;
else
return isNotTrue();
}
Compile errors:
error: too few arguments to function 'bool isTrue(int)'
error: at this point in file
error: 'isNotTrue' was not declared in this scope
I suspect static variables may have something to do with this, as my other classes without static variables work just fine.
EDIT: Actually, it seems static variables are not the problem. I just deleted the static
keyword from the Teleport class definition/whatever it's called?, and commented out bool Teleport::veracity;
; nevertheless, I still get the two errors