access denied to a protected member of a virtual base class

[turlais@mahler]

 I dont know if it is a bug. A protected method of a virtual base
class cannot be call in the derived base class if the base class is
not a direct parent. Not a blocking problem.

thanks

Pierre TURLAIS

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vb.cc: In method `void dd1::f()':
vb.cc:4: `void base::f()' is protected
vb.cc:25: within this context
vb.cc: In method `void d1_and_base::f()':
vb.cc:4: `void base::f()' is protected
vb.cc:36: within this context


--------------------  vb.cc -------------

class base {
protected:
    virtual void f();
};

class d1 : public virtual base {
protected:
    void f();
};

void d1::f()
{
    base::f();
}

class dd1 : public virtual d1 {
protected:
     void f();
};

void dd1::f()
{
    d1::f();
    base::f();
}

class d1_and_base : public virtual d1, public virtual base {
protected:
     void f();
};

void d1_and_base::f()
{
    d1::f();
    base::f();
}