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Re: Doesn't compile. Is it a bug?

From: "Andrew Pinski" <pinskia at gmail dot com>
To: "Juan Linietsky" <reduzio at gmail dot com>
Cc: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:26:50 -0800
Subject: Re: Doesn't compile. Is it a bug?
References: <58f2298d0901071125r2a9ee494ye093b8ae11c8de2c@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Juan Linietsky <reduzio@gmail.com> wrote:
> This code doesn't compile. It complains that A::_say is protected when
> in reality it's being used from B. calling A::_say works fine, but
> obtaining the address fails compilation.

This is not a bug since A::_say is protected and therefor if it was
allowed the user could be able to call A::_say from a place normally
not allowed to call A::_say.

Thanks,
Andrew Pinski

References:
- Doesn't compile. Is it a bug?
  - From: Juan Linietsky

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