Covariant returns?

Chris Heath cheath@umich.edu
Mon Mar 6 18:54:00 GMT 2000


I'm wondering if covariant returns are going to be implemented anytime
soon... I looked on the known bugs page, but I didn't see anything
about it.

Try compiling this:

struct A {
  virtual A* Clone();
};

struct B : public virtual A {
  virtual B* Clone();
};


The result:
x.cpp:7: sorry, not implemented: adjusting pointers for covariant returns

I'm using gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release).

Chris Heath



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