Re: Nested class accessing private member of parent

On 2008-05-10 10:07:54 -0400, marlow.andrew@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 said:

> 
> Er, that doesn't sound like an extension to me. It sounds like a bug.
> Allowing stuff to compile that shouldn't compile an' all that. Unless,
> of course, it is do***ented in which case it's a feature.
> 

Note that the C++ standard does not have a notion of "shouldn't
compile". The requirement is that for ill-formed code the compiler must
issue a diagnostic. Once it's done that, the standard does not impose
any requirements. That's the standard's mechanism for conforming
extensions: issue a diagnostic, then do whatever your extension is.

-- 
  Pete
Roundhouse Consulting, Ltd. (www.versatilecoding.com) Author of "The
Standard C++ Library Extensions: a Tutorial and Reference
(www.petebecker.com/tr1book)



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