[Bug c++/24046] New: Inheriting from a base class with private scoped operator new/delete pair

["richy at fatkid dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

There is a gcc 2.95.3 compiler bug where inheriting from a base class with a
private 'operator delete' (and its matching partner 'operator new') complains
and bails. Privitizing class specific operator new/delete pair is a common idom
to prevent freestore allocation. This is fixed in later version of gcc.


      1 #include <sys/types.h>
      2
      3 class Base
      4 {
      5 public:
      6     Base() {}
      7     ~Base() {}
      8 private:
      9     // Prevent allocation on freestore -- privitize op new/delete
     10     static void* operator new (size_t size);
     11     static void  operator delete(void*);
     12 };
     13
     14 class Derived : public Base
     15 {
     16 public:
     17     Derived() {}
     18     ~Derived() {}
     19 };

% gcc -save-temps -Wall baseopdelete.cpp
baseopdelete.cpp: In method `Derived::~Derived()':
baseopdelete.cpp:11: `static void Base::operator delete(void *)' is private
baseopdelete.cpp:18: within this context

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           Summary: Inheriting from a base class with private scoped
                    operator new/delete pair
           Product: gcc
           Version: 2.95.3
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: richy at fatkid dot org
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
  GCC host triplet: Linux 2.4.29
GCC target triplet: 2.95.3


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24046