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In following code I want to connect lambda function to QProcess::error signal:

void Updater::start() {
    QProcess process;
    QObject::connect(&process, &QProcess::error, [=] (QProcess::ProcessError error) {
        qWarning() << "error " << error;
    });
    process.start("MyProgram");
    process.waitForFinished();
}

But I get strange error:

error: no matching function for call to 'Updater::connect(QProcess* [unresolved overloaded function type], Updater::start()::)' });

What I do wrong here? The code executes inside method of class derived from QObject. The project configured to work with c++11.

I use Qt 5.3.1 on Linux x32 with gcc 4.9.2

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  • Possible duplicate of [Connecting overloaded signals and slots in Qt 5](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16794695/connecting-overloaded-signals-and-slots-in-qt-5) – Toby Speight May 18 '16 at 15:13

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Problem is that the QProcess has another error() method, so compiler just doesn't know which method use. If you want to deal with overloaded methods, you should use next:

QProcess process;
connect(&process, static_cast<void (QProcess::*)(QProcess::ProcessError)>
(&QProcess::error), [=](QProcess::ProcessError pError) {
    qWarning() << "error " << pError;
});
process.start("MyProgram");
process.waitForFinished();

Yes, it looks ugly, but there is no another way (only old syntax?).

This special line tells compiler that you want to use void QProcess::error(QProcess::ProcessError error), so now there is no any ambiguity

More information you can find here.

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