Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:09:29 +0530 (IST)
From: "Raju K.V" <rajukv AT wipinfo DOT soft DOT net>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: minfo
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hi all,
i downloaded minfo. when i ran make, i got the foll error.

gcc -c -Wall diskpane.cc
diskpane.cc: In method `void disk_pane::update_directory_name()':
diskpane.cc:294: ambiguous overload for `char + String &'
diskpane.cc:294: candidates are: operator +(long int, const char *)
<builtin>
c:/djgpp/lang/cxx/_string.h:701:                 operator +(const String
&, const String &)
c:/djgpp/lang/cxx/_string.h:711:                 operator +(const String
&, const char *)
diskpane.cc:297: ambiguous overload for `char + String &'
diskpane.cc:297: candidates are: operator +(long int, const char *)
<builtin>
c:/djgpp/lang/cxx/_string.h:701:                 operator +(const String
&, const String &)
c:/djgpp/lang/cxx/_string.h:711:                 operator +(const String
&, const char *)
make.exe: *** [diskpane.o] Error 1

when i opened the _string.h file i found that operator + is also defined
as 

operator +(const String&, const char)

why did gcc not take this definition as it is more suitable for the above
operation?

raju