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Re: Multiple inheritance bug (ICE 980715)
- To: Martin von Loewis <martin at mira dot isdn dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de>
- Subject: Re: Multiple inheritance bug (ICE 980715)
- From: Bill Currie <bcurrie at tssc dot co dot nz>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:57:16 +1200
- CC: egcs-bugs at cygnus dot com
- Organization: Telecommunication Systems Support Centre
- References: <35E5CD60.7E2B@tssc.co.nz> <199808280806.KAA00379@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de>
Martin von Loewis wrote:
>
> > BTW, I take it the ICE number is the date the error was previously
> > found. Am I correct in this and should I submit bug reports for
> > numbered ICEs?
>
> Numbered ICEs are 'this should never happen' conditions. If they do
> happen, we certainly want to know about it.
Ah, gotcha! I know exactly what you mean now. They're a `shouldn't
happen in theory, but let's check'. Cool.
> The date gives an indication how long this specific condition check
> has been in the compiler. In this specific code (which I believe is
> incorrect), nobody had expected that ambiguous members could passed to
> Koenig lookup.
What is `Koenig lookup'?
Bill
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