Re: Which compiler is correct?

[jsa@alexandria.organon.com (Jon S Anthony)]

In article <EC3t3q.BzJ@world.std.com> bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff) writes:

> >b) Bad_Obj is _fully_ declared at this point and so will never get the
> >implicit declaration of Parent's i component.
> 
> No, that's not quite right.

By which you mean that it _will_ get Parent's i component eventually
even though it is fully declared here, right?  So, being a private
declaration is irrelevant.  I think that is what I let lead me astray.


> >> private
> 
> At *this* point, an "additional characteristic" (see 7.3.1(3-4)) of
> Parent.Obj (namely, the existence of I) becomes visible, and since this
> is within the immediate scope of Bad_Obj, it gets an I, too.  By magic.
                                                                ^^^^^^^^
;-).


> >I think this all falls out of the rules in 7.3.1, and in particular
> >pay close attention to what is said in (3).
> 
> Closer attention than that.  ;-)

:-).  The odd thing is, that going back and reading it just now (and
(4)...) after reading your comments here, it seems pretty darn clear
and straight-forward.


/Jon
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