Compilare: user.cpp: In function ‘void getevi(std::ifstream&, long int, ev&, std::string&, long int&)’: user.cpp:65:23: warning: ISO C++ says that these are ambiguous, even though the worst conversion for the first is better than the worst conversion for the second: [enabled by default] end = f.tellg() - 1L; ^ In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.8/iosfwd:40:0, from /usr/include/c++/4.8/ios:38, from /usr/include/c++/4.8/istream:38, from /usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:38, from user.cpp:1: /usr/include/c++/4.8/bits/postypes.h:192:7: note: candidate 1: std::fpos<_StateT> std::fpos<_StateT>::operator-(std::streamoff) const [with _StateT = __mbstate_t; std::streamoff = long long int] operator-(streamoff __off) const ^ user.cpp:65:23: note: candidate 2: operator-(std::streamoff {aka long long int}, long int) <built-in> end = f.tellg() - 1L; ^