[Bug c++/13005] Pointer wrongly adjusted for derived class containing virtual function

["stephenma at telus dot net" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Additional Comments From stephenma at telus dot net  2004-01-09 08:46 -------
Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:

> | Heh, I knew somebody would mention this.  I went from short to
> | long lines for readability: several other lines in that file
> | (gcc/cp/typeck.c) are much longer than 100 characters.
> 
> yes, but they are not examples to duplicate.

OK, I will make the really, really trivial change.


> | > Also leave out the "see", we don't do that for any other warning.
> | 
> | I think the reference is necessary, because the reason for the
> | warning is rather subtle.  The intent is to point the programmer
> | to the documentation for -Wno-cast-incomplete, which is extensive.
> 
> As a matter of existing practrice, we don't say "see xxxx".

Omitting the "see xxx" would do more harm than good.  The g++
maintainers would be flooded with questions about the warning.

If you intend to be rigid about this, please tell me now.  I would
prefer to withdraw the patch rather than be blamed by people who do
not understand what the warning means.


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