Re: libstdc++/94: Friends and Namespaces

[Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz at redhat dot com>]

The following reply was made to PR libstdc++/94; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com>
To: joe_hesse@actcx.com
Cc: libstdc++-gnats@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: libstdc++/94: Friends and Namespaces
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 10:17:27 -0700 (PDT)

 this should be a g++ bug, not a library (libstdc++) bug. You might also 
 want to post on gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org
 
 thanks,
 benjamin
 
 On 5 Oct 2000 joe_hesse@actcx.com wrote:
 
 > 
 > >Number:         94
 > >Category:       libstdc++
 > >Synopsis:       Friends and Namespaces
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       serious
 > >Priority:       medium
 > >Responsible:    unassigned
 > >State:          open
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   net
 > >Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 05 07:17:01 PDT 2000
 > >Closed-Date:
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Joseph Hesse
 > >Release:        gcc 2.95.??
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > RH Linux 6.2
 > >Description:
 > The following code with friends and namespaces doesn't compile with gcc -c test.cpp
 > The code seems ok to me and it does compile with no errors using the Comeau compiler.
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > Just compile and observe the error output
 > >Fix:
 > 
 > >Release-Note:
 > >Audit-Trail:
 > >Unformatted:
 > ----gnatsweb-attachment----
 > Content-Type: text/plain; name="test.cpp"
 > Content-Disposition: inline; filename="test.cpp"
 > 
 > Does anyone know of an easy fix to make the following compile with g++.
 > I think that the code is correct but it fails to compile with g++.
 > The error messages are:
 > 
 > test.cpp:10: parse error before `('
 > test.cpp: In function `void f()':
 > test.cpp:7: `int N::XYZ::m_x' is private
 > test.cpp:17: within this context
 > 
 > The code compiles with the online Comeau compiler.
 > 
 > -----------------------------------------------
 > void f();
 > 
 > namespace N {
 > 
 > class XYZ {
 > private:
 >   int m_x;
 > public:
 >   XYZ(int u = 0) : m_x(u) {}
 >   friend void ::f();
 > };
 > 
 > }  // end of namespace N
 > 
 > void f() {
 >   N::XYZ a(10);
 >   a.m_x = 11;
 > }
 > -----------------------------------------------
 >