http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3774
Summary: should not be able to implicitly cast to private base class Product: D Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: DMD AssignedTo: nob...@puremagic.com ReportedBy: bugzi...@digitalmars.com --- Comment #0 from Walter Bright <bugzi...@digitalmars.com> 2010-02-05 18:05:00 PST --- It seems I have been testing this with a buggy c++ compiler or can't remember what was the problem previously. I now tried with gcc 4.4.3 and this is how D and C++ differ: --- class Foo { public: void bar() {} }; class Bar : private Foo { }; int main() { Foo *a = new Bar(); a->bar(); } test.cpp: In function ‘int main()’: test.cpp:10: error: ‘Foo’ is an inaccessible base of ‘Bar’ --- module m1; class Foo { public void bar() {} } class Bar : private foo { } module m2; import m1; void main() { Foo a = new Bar(); a.bar(); } // compiles and runs just fine // Changing the 'Foo a = ...' into 'Bar a = ...' makes this an error -- Configure issuemail: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: -------