[Bug c++/33871] [4.3 Regression] typeinfo name referenced in ... defined in discarded section

[geoffk at geoffk dot org]

------- Comment #17 from geoffk at geoffk dot org  2007-10-30 18:31 -------
Subject: Re:  [4.3 Regression] typeinfo name referenced in ... defined in
discarded section


On 30/10/2007, at 9:53 AM, gcc at magfr dot user dot lysator dot liu  
dot se wrote:

>>> If that is the case, what should typeid(reference to base of  
>>> anonymous class
>>> instance) in another module return?
>>
>> The same thing it does now, which I believe is the typeinfo of the  
>> base class.
>
> I follows the standard, so if base is polymorphic it returns the  
> typeinfo
> object for the actual type and if if base is nonpolymorphic it  
> returns the
> typeinfo object for base.
>
> Could the requirements be aligned?

I believe that the compiler now does what the standard says and can  
continue to do so whether the typeinfo is local or not.


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