[Bug c++/43663] Can't take a const-ref to a bit field

[redi at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #4 from redi at gcc dot gnu dot org  2010-04-06 11:38 -------
Noone's taking the address of a bitfield, the stnadard specifically says "The
address-of operator & shall not be applied to a bit-field, so there are no
pointers to bit-fields."

What happens is the same as:

double d = 0;
const int& i = d;

a temporary is created and the reference bound to it.

And this definitely isn't new in C++0x! The reference for C++03 should be 9.6p3
rather than p2


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redi at gcc dot gnu dot org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|[C++0x] Can't take a const- |Can't take a const-ref to a
                   |ref to a bit field          |bit field


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43663