http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52972
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #2 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-04-13 16:27:44 UTC --- right, during the base constructor the derived class hasn't been constructed yet and you can't call its virtual functions