Is a class like the following example "legal". Note the ambiguity
in the copy constructor.

class X
{
  public:
  X(const X&);
  X(volatile X&);
  // other stuff follows, but not X(X&);
}

From: b91926@fsgm01.fnal.gov (David Sachs)
Date: 2 May 1995 22:25:47 -0500
Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL

Is a class like the following example "legal". Note the ambiguity
in the copy constructor.

class X
{
  public:
  X(const X&);
  X(volatile X&);
  // other stuff follows, but not X(X&);
}
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David Sachs (b91926@fsgm01.fnal.gov) wrote:
: Is a class like the following example "legal". Note the ambiguity
: in the copy constructor.

: class X
: {
:   public:
:   X(const X&);
:   X(volatile X&);
:   // other stuff follows, but not X(X&);
: }

I think so.  You would get an ambiguity error when you tried to
initialize from a object no cv-qualifiers or from an object with
both cv-qualifers.
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