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Hello, just starting to work on pointers. Nice, but there is a very
antiintuitive thing that bothers me...

I have a collection of objects (with no meaningful "==" operator on
them). I am using pointers to move them, sort them, etc. I want to
evaluate if two pointers point to the same object. However, using

ptr1 == ptr2

yields true even if they are different as reported in std!!! Here is a
piece of my code, and the output.

if(test(i)==test(i+i)){
std::cerr << "pointer i "<< test(i) << ", pointer i+1 "<<
test(i+1) << "\n";
abort();
}


with the result corresponding to that part of the program

pointer i 0x102280, pointer i+1 0x1022c8
Abort trap


Whats going on here?? Please illuminate me!

carlosp wrote:
> Hello, just starting to work on pointers. Nice, but there is a very
> antiintuitive thing that bothers me...
>
> I have a collection of objects (with no meaningful "==" operator on
> them). I am using pointers to move them, sort them, etc. I want to
> evaluate if two pointers point to the same object. However, using
>
> ptr1 == ptr2
>
> yields true even if they are different as reported in std!!! Here is a
> piece of my code, and the output.
>
> if(test(i)==test(i+i)){
> std::cerr << "pointer i "<< test(i) << ", pointer i+1 "<<
> test(i+1) << "\n";
> abort();
> }
>
>
> with the result corresponding to that part of the program
>
> pointer i 0x102280, pointer i+1 0x1022c8
> Abort trap
>
>
> Whats going on here?? Please illuminate me!

I would avoid evaluating test() twice. Save the values in two variables, then
use those two variables both for the if() and for the output statements. This
way you are reasonably sure that the values used in the test and the values
which are printed are identical. Even better would be to store the result of the
"==" in a third variable.

Said that, can we see the code of test()?

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On Mar 12, 12:56*pm, Roberto Divia <Roberto.Di...@cern.ch> wrote:
> carlosp wrote:
> > Hello, just starting to work on pointers. Nice, but there is a very
> > antiintuitive thing that bothers me...
>
> > I have a collection of objects (with no meaningful "==" operator on
> > them). I am using pointers to move them, sort them, etc. I want to
> > evaluate if two pointers point to the same object. However, using
>
> > ptr1 == ptr2
>
> > yields true even if they are different as reported in std!!! Here is a
> > piece of my code, and the output.
>
> > * * * *if(test(i)==test(i+i)){
> > * * * * * std::cerr << "pointer i "<< test(i) << ", pointer i+1 "<<
> > test(i+1) << "\n";
> > * * * * * abort();
> > * * * * }
>
> > with the result corresponding to that part of the program
>
> > pointer i 0x102280, pointer i+1 0x1022c8
> > Abort trap
>
> > Whats going on here?? Please illuminate me!
>
> I would avoid evaluating test() twice. Save the values in two variables, then
> use those two variables both for the if() and for the output statements. This
> way you are reasonably sure that the values used in the test and the values
> which are printed are identical. Even better would be to store the result of the
> "==" in a third variable.
>
> Said that, can we see the code of test()?
>
> Ciao,
> --
> * * * * Roberto Divia` * * * * * * *Love at first sight is one of the greatest
> DepH Bat:53 Mailbox:C02110 * * *labour-saving devices the world has ever seen
> Route de Meyrin 385 * * * * * * * ---------------------------------------------
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Thanks Roberto. I am using it++, and test is a "vector" in the it++
sense. I do not want to compare the values to which the
pointer points, because it involves real number and mommy told me
never to compare real numbers. I just want to know if the two pointers
test(i) and test(i+1) point to the same location. In any case, here I
define test:

itpp::Vec< QubitGate*> test;

with QubitGate being defined by myself. Any other idea, or should I
still work on your sugestion?


Thanks,

Carlos

On Mar 12, 1:07*pm, carlosp <> wrote:
> On Mar 12, 12:56*pm, Roberto Divia <Roberto.Di...@cern.ch> wrote:
>
>
>
> > carlosp wrote:
> > > Hello, just starting to work on pointers. Nice, but there is a very
> > > antiintuitive thing that bothers me...
>
> > > I have a collection of objects (with no meaningful "==" operator on
> > > them). I am using pointers to move them, sort them, etc. I want to
> > > evaluate if two pointers point to the same object. However, using
>
> > > ptr1 == ptr2
>
> > > yields true even if they are different as reported in std!!! Here is a
> > > piece of my code, and the output.
>
> > > * * * *if(test(i)==test(i+i)){
> > > * * * * * std::cerr << "pointer i "<< test(i) << ", pointer i+1 "<<
> > > test(i+1) << "\n";
> > > * * * * * abort();
> > > * * * * }
>
> > > with the result corresponding to that part of the program
>
> > > pointer i 0x102280, pointer i+1 0x1022c8
> > > Abort trap
>
> > > Whats going on here?? Please illuminate me!
>
> > I would avoid evaluating test() twice. Save the values in two variables, then
> > use those two variables both for the if() and for the output statements.. This
> > way you are reasonably sure that the values used in the test and the values
> > which are printed are identical. Even better would be to store the result of the
> > "==" in a third variable.
>
> > Said that, can we see the code of test()?
>
> > Ciao,
> > --
> > * * * * Roberto Divia` * * * * * * *Love at first sight is one of the greatest
> > DepH Bat:53 Mailbox:C02110 * * *labour-saving devices the world has ever seen
> > Route de Meyrin 385 * * * * * * * ---------------------------------------------
> > Case Postale * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Phone: *+41-22-767-4994
> > CH-1211 Geneve 23 CERN * * * * * * * * * * *Fax: * *+41-22-767-9585
> > Switzerland * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * E-Mail: Roberto.Di...@cern.ch
>
> Thanks Roberto. I am using it++, and test is a "vector" in the it++
> sense. I do not want to compare the values to which the
> pointer points, because it involves real number and mommy told me
> never to compare real numbers. I just want to know if the two pointers
> test(i) and test(i+1) point to the same location. In any case, here I
> define test:
>
> * * * itpp::Vec< QubitGate*> test;
>
> with QubitGate being defined by myself. Any other idea, or should I
> still work on your sugestion?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carlos

I did some progress. If I define

QubitGate* a1, a2;
and

a1 = test(i);
a2 = test(i+i);
if( a1 == a2){

the compiler complains at if( a1 == a2) :

2dmera.cpp:1262: error: no match for 'operator==' in 'a1 == a2'

carlosp wrote:
> if(test(i)==test(i+i)){

> pointer i 0x102280, pointer i+1 0x1022c8

> Whats going on here?? Please illuminate me!

Try to post a minimum code which can be compiled. I don't know what
test(i) does and what it returns, so I am a bit confused here. It seems
that the test(i) function does not return the address pointed by the
pointer i.

carlosp wrote:


> I did some progress. If I define
>
> QubitGate* a1, a2;

The variable a2 in this line has type QubitGate, not type QubitGate*.

Make that

QubitGate* a1;
QubitGate* a2;

> and
>
> a1 = test(i);
> a2 = test(i+i);
> if( a1 == a2){
>
> the compiler complains at if( a1 == a2) :
>
> 2dmera.cpp:1262: error: no match for 'operator==' in 'a1 == a2'

That's late. The compiler should complain at the assignment that mixes
types.


Best

Kai-Uwe Bux

On Mar 12, 1:48*pm, Victor Bazarov <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:
> Kai-Uwe Bux wrote:
> > carlosp wrote:
>
> >> I did some progress. If I define
>
> >> * * * QubitGate* a1, a2;
>
> > The variable a2 in this line has type QubitGate, not type QubitGate*.
>
> > Make that
>
> > * QubitGate* a1;
> > * QubitGate* a2;
>
> >> *and
>
> >> * * * * a1 = test(i);
> >> * * * * a2 = test(i+i);
> >> * * * * if( a1 == a2){
>
> >> the compiler complains at if( a1 == a2) :
>
> >> 2dmera.cpp:1262: error: no match for 'operator==' in 'a1 == a2'
>
> > That's late. The compiler should complain at the assignment that mixes
> > types.
>
> ..unless the QubitGate is actually defined to construct from a pointer
> to an object.
>
> V
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Dear All,

Thanks for the help. Actually I had the code conceptually correct, but
misdeclared a variable. My mistake can be summarized in the fact that

QubitGate * a1, * a2;
and
QubitGate * a1, a2;
are different.

Thanks a lot!

Carlos