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Re: Private virtual function overridden as public compiles and runs (bug?)


2013/10/14 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>:
> On 10/14/2013 05:30 AM, Georger Araujo wrote:
>>
>> The following program compiles and runs - is it correct behavior? I
>> read §11.5 in the January 2012 working draft but couldn't reach a
>> conclusion.
>
>
> Yes, it is the correct behavior according to the C++ standard.  I think it's
> broken, but as it's in the standard, there's little we can do about it.
>
> Do we issue a warning?  We proably should.

I agree. Despite being correct behavior, it allows for a weird
(risky?) change to an interface and probably indicates a mistake.

Georger


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