http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49329
--- Comment #4 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-06-09 11:48:40 UTC --- (In reply to comment #3) > I wasn't aware that the pointer-to-bool conversion is considered by gcc to be > better than a char*-to-std::string conversion. A standard conversion sequence (i.e. one built-in to the language) is better than a user-defined conversion sequence (i.e. one using class constructors or conversion operators) The C++ standard defines those rules, not gcc. > I also thought, that the first thing the compiler would do, is to > rule out any non-static methods when a static method is inquired; > but apparently I was wrong. C++ has no concept of "when a static method is inquired" - you call a function by name, so it is looked up by name, then overload resolution selects which function is being called. xx::cc refers to the name cc in the scope xx, it doesn't refer only to a static function.
