[Bug c++/11174] derived class can access protected base class member function through pointer to member function

giovannibajo@libero.it gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Thu Jun 12 15:36:00 GMT 2003


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11174


giovannibajo@libero.it changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
     Ever Confirmed|                            |1
   Last reconfirmed|0000-00-00 00:00:00         |2003-06-12 15:36:40
               date|                            |


------- Additional Comments From giovannibajo@libero.it  2003-06-12 15:36 -------
Confirmed. Reduced snippet:

---------------------------------
struct A 
{
protected:
    int a;
};

struct B : A 
{
    void foo() 
    {
        (void)&A::a;
    }
};
---------------------------------

This is accepted by any version of GCC but it is ill-formed (see the example in 
§11.5).



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