Re: inaccessible desctuctor warning a little overzealous

[Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>]

Mike Stump wrote:
> The private destructor warning is a little overzealous in this case:
>
> // { dg-options "-Wctor-dtor-privacy" }
>
> class Foo {                             // { dg-bogus "" }
> public:
>   void release() { delete this; }
>   Foo() {}
> private:
>   ~Foo() {}
> };
>
> int main() {
>   Foo* f = new Foo;
>   f->release();
> }
>
> t.cc:3: warning: 'class Foo' only defines a private destructor and has 
> no friends
>
> Ok?

No, that would make the warning basically useless.  This is why DJ is 
adding fine-grained warning control; so that you can turn this off on a 
selective basis.

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