重载带有引用参数的函数

#include <iostream>    
#include <iomanip>    
using namespace std;


//double average(double* array,int count);  //function prototype
double  larger(double m, double n);
long&  larger(long& m, long& n);
int main()
{

	cout << endl;
	cout << "Larger of 1.5 and 2.5 is " << larger(1.5, 2.5) << endl;
	int value1 = 35;
	int value2 = 45;
	cout << "Larger of " << value1 << " and " << value2 << " is "
		<< larger(static_cast<long>(value1), static_cast<long>(value2))
		<< endl;
	return 0;
	
}

double larger(double a, double b)
{
	cout << " double version. ";
		return a > b ? a : b;
}
long& larger(long& a, long& b)
{
	cout << " long ref version. ";
	return a > b ? a : b;
}

输出结果的第二行不是我们期望的结果，我们希望的是输出语句带有long&参数的larger()版本，

然而：cout << "Larger of " << value1 << " and " << value2 << " is "
<< larger(static_cast<long>(value1), static_cast<long>(value2))

<< endl;

语句调用带有double参数的函数，为什么？我们已经把两个参数都强制转化为long了,以下解释有点晦涩：

larger()中的代码可以自由控制它对引用参数的操作，在理论上，两个引用参数都可以修改或/和返回。因为以这种方式使用临时位置不是很明智，所以编译器不使用。

解决方法：1，把value1和value2的值声明long类型。编译器就会调用参数类型为“引用long”的larger（）版本。

我的编译器不行！！；

2，把引用参数声明为const：

   const long& larger(const long& a, const long& b);

同时定义：const long& larger(const long& a,const long& b)

#include <iostream>    
#include <iomanip>    
using namespace std;


//double average(double* array,int count);  //function prototype
double  larger(double m, double n);
//long&  larger(long& m, long& n);
const long& larger(const long& a, const long& b);
int main()
{

	cout << endl;
	cout << "Larger of 1.5 and 2.5 is " << larger(1.5, 2.5) << endl;
	int value1 = 35;
	int value2 = 45;
	cout << "Larger of " << value1 << " and " << value2 << " is "
		<< larger(static_cast<long>(value1), static_cast<long>(value2))
		<< endl;
	return 0;
	
}

double larger(double a, double b)
{
	cout << " double version. ";
		return a > b ? a : b;
}   
const long& larger(const long& a,const long& b)
{
	cout << " long ref version. ";
	return a > b ? a : b;
}