------- Comment #2 from fang at csl dot cornell dot edu 2009-04-26 00:52 ------- Subject: Re: static downcast through protectedly inherited base class rejected
> ------- Comment #1 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2009-04-26 00:42 > ------- > Comment #1 in Bug 12265, explains exactly why this code is invalid. > Protected base classes are non accessible in other clases besides in > derived and derived classes of derived. Ok, I get it. "not accessible to classes besides ..." excludes the base class itself. I see your reflex time has not slowed, pinski. :) Fang -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39905
