Question

I’m trying to use this C++ class as a base for my own application’s client/server communication. But it’s throwing an error I do not understand, it’s inside myLog.cpp.

error: invalid conversion from 'int' to 'std::_Ios_Openmode'|

Which is here:

void myLog::openLog(const string& fileName, int mode)
{
   if (logLevel < QUIET_MODE)
   {
      open(fileName.c_str(),mode); //Error line
      /* SNIP */

Which is called here:

void myLog::init()
{
   openLog("syslog.log",LOG_WRITE);
}

And LOG_WRITE is defined in the header like so:

const int LOG_WRITE  = ios::out;

Can anybody tell me why this is happening?

Quick link to code: myLog.cpp — myLog.h

Answer 1

ios::out isn’t int but std::_Ios_Openmode.