expected primary-expression before ‘*’ token

[ofmrew]

As I understand it, in c++ protected virtual member functions are designed to be overridden; however, I cannot get past the compile error. I believe that I have followed the rules exactly. What am I doing wrong?

I get the following message when I try to execute a method of the base class, namely:

expected primary-expression before ‘*’ token
QTextEdit::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
^

header

#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QObject>
#include <QWidget>
#include <QTextEdit>
#include <QKeyEvent>

class FormulaEditor : public QTextEdit
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    explicit FormulaEditor(QWidget *parent = 0);
    void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent * e) override ;
};

source

#include "formulaeditor.h"
#include <QDebug>
#include <QKeyEvent>
#include <QTextEdit>
FormulaEditor::FormulaEditor(QWidget *parent) : QTextEdit(parent){}


void FormulaEditor::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
{
    qDebug() << "Key Press Event " << e;
    if (e->key() == Qt::Key_ParenLeft) {
            qDebug() << "Left Parenthesis";
    }
    QTextEdit::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e);
    e->ignore();
}

(Chris Kawa) Edit: added code formatting tags

[Chris Kawa]

When calling a function you shouldn't specify the argument types again:

void FormulaEditor::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
{
    ...
    QTextEdit::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e);  // <-- here's the problem
    e->ignore();
}

Should be:

void FormulaEditor::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
{
    ...
    QTextEdit::keyPressEvent(e);
    e->ignore();
}

[ofmrew]

@Chris-Kawa

I know. A very stupid mistake:

QTextEdit::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e); is a prototype definition, while

QTextEdit::keyPressEvent(e); calls the function for execution.

When I discovered what I had done I marked this post as solved to cover up my stupidity, then thoroughly chastised myself.

[Chris Kawa]

No worries. Happens sometimes.