Copy constructor access check while initializing a reference

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Peter A. Felvegi
<petschy@praire-chicken.com> wrote:
> hello,
>
>  i've found this in the known non-bugs list
>  (http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html#known), after running into the issue. gcc
>  3.4-4.2 gives a compile error, but 4.3 compiles it. is this a
>  regression, or the rules were relaxed somewhat (c++0x?) ? i checked the
>  changelog, but couldn't find any relevant entries there.
>
>  could someone explain the rationale behind this extra access check,
>  please? i'm puzzled, since the copy ctor is not needed and is not called
>  from the generated code.

 http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/cwg_defects.html#391

-- Gaby