[Bug c++/13005] Pointer wrongly adjusted for derived class containing virtual function

[gdr at integrable-solutions dot net]

------- Additional Comments From gdr at integrable-solutions dot net  2004-01-09 04:17 -------
Subject: Re:  Pointer wrongly adjusted for derived class containing virtual function

"stephenma at telus dot net" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

| Falk Hueffner wrote:
| 
| > +      warning ("casting from/to an incomplete type is risky; see
| -Wno-cast-incomplete");
| > Lines must not be longer than 78 characters.
| 
| Heh, I knew somebody would mention this.  I went from short to long lines for
| readability: several other lines in that file (gcc/cp/typeck.c) are much longer
| than 100 characters.

yes, but they are not examples to duplicate.

| > Also leave out the "see", we don't do that for any other warning.
| 
| I think the reference is necessary, because the reason for the warning is rather
| subtle.  The intent is to point the programmer to the documentation for
| -Wno-cast-incomplete, which is extensive.

As a matter of existing practrice, we don't say "see xxxx".


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