c++/3979: An update to problem #3971

[kennedy@roguewave.com]

>Number:         3979
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       An update to problem #3971
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Aug 09 14:16:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dennis Kennedy
>Release:        g++ 2.95.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
Red Hat 6.2
>Description:
In order to reproduce the error you must comment out the lines:
/ Try commenting out this operator
template< class T>                                   //[1]
inline B<T> operator *(const B<T> &a, const A<T> &b) //[1]
{                                                    //[1]
  return (const A<T> &)a * b;                        //[1]
}

Here is the real error message.
private.cpp: In function `int main()':
private.cpp:59: fields of `const A<int>' are inaccessible in `B<int>' due to private inheritance
                           
>How-To-Repeat:
g++ -o private private.cpp
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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