------- Comment #1 from gccbugs at marcusbannerman dot co dot uk 2008-11-07 11:05 ------- I have the same problem, it is a static_cast problem not respecting const correctness of pointers E.g.
class BaseClass {}; class someClass:public BaseClass { public: void someFunction() {} }; int main() { //g++ (GCC) 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.1) //Run as g++ test.cpp someClass A; const BaseClass* ptrA(&A); //Should fail on compile with not const function, does not static_cast<const someClass*>(ptrA)->someFunction(); //This DOES fail static_cast<const someClass&>(*ptrA).someFunction(); /*Output is test.cpp: In function 'int main()': test.cpp:16: error: passing 'const someClass' as 'this' argument of 'void someClass::someFunction()' discards qualifiers */ } -- gccbugs at marcusbannerman dot co dot uk changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |gccbugs at marcusbannerman | |dot co dot uk http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38020