Constant pointer to (member) function, indirect call

[Mark Mitchell]

Helge Bahmann wrote:
>     void (A::*function2)(void) throw()=&A::function2;
>     (a.*function2)();

> however for the call through pointer function2 gcc will always generate an
> indirect call, i386 assembly for example looks like:

Yes, it should be able to do so, but it's not.  This is probably 
something that could be done via range propagation.

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