Re: [gtkmm] ANNOUNCE: gtkmm 2.2.8

[Ole Laursen <olau hardworking dk>]

Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk> writes:

> On Wednesday 01 October 2003 8:25 pm, Chris Vine wrote:
> 
> > I am checking.  Put it this way, parent to child conversion with private
> > inheritance has worked with static_cast on every compiler I have used.  It
> > is possible that a gcc snapshot has made gcc compliant with the standard
> > after a considerable period of non-compliance, but other outcomes are more
> > likely. (You may have me eating humble pie later).
> 
> You have me eating humble pie.  The standard requires static_cast to obey 
> access controls.  Full marks to you, and there are a lot of non-compliant 
> compilers out there, and probably quite a lot of code broken by the standard 
> now being complied with by gcc.  (However, you are a brave man basing your 
> findings on an unreleased version of gcc.)

Hah, I even submitted a bug about it in the GCC Bugzilla before being
gently told the truth...

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Ole Laursen
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