Problem with an overloaded cast operator

[Alexandre Oliva]

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

> In my implementation the copy constructor is declared as private,
> but it is not implemented; f() cannot use it.

It does not use it.  The compiler is allowed to optimize it away, as
long as it is accessible.  Since f() is a friend, it is accessible.

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