Re: c++/9558: subclass cannot find parent members without explicit "this->" in some cases

[Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 01:08:32AM +0000, Andrew Pollard wrote:
> [ My colleagues, who happen to be Windows programmers, think that this
>  change is completely against all good ideas for programming.. I partly
>  agree with them, but I have been following gcc since pre-egcs, so I
>  know how to make code conformant......, but if they think VC++-6.0
>  is a compiler...., well what can I say...?
> ]

You can say, "Oi, coworkers, go read the audit trail for 9558, which is
conveniently on the web at such-and-such a URL, where Wolfgang has provided
some examples of why /not/ doing two-stage lookup is hellaciously confusing."

Bonus points for finding a better word than "hellaciously".


Phil

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