Problem with an overloaded cast operator

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr  3, 2000, Ryszard Kabatek <rumcajs@gmx.net> wrote:

> I wolud expect, the sample below should not compile (g++ -Wall), 
> because the function f() returns X by value and the copying of X 
> is forbidden.

But `f' is a friend of `X', so it can access the private
copy-constructor.

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