Re: [C++ Patch] PR 14263

2013-07-05 Thread Paolo Carlini
Hi, Jason Merrill ha scritto: >I wouldn't mind mentioning dynamic_cast, along the lines that Gaby >suggested in the PR. Sure, but let me think about it, because isn't immediately obvious (to me at least!) *when* that would really help. Paolo

Re: [C++ Patch] PR 14263

2013-07-05 Thread Jason Merrill
On 07/05/2013 08:36 AM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: I still consider talk of 'static_cast' in this context a non-starter. However, maybe just saying "convert" would be OK -- though clearly giving hints of dynamic_cast is much better. I wouldn't mind mentioning dynamic_cast, along the lines that Gab

Re: [C++ Patch] PR 14263

2013-07-05 Thread Paolo Carlini
Hi, On 07/05/2013 05:36 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: Paolo Carlini writes: | Hi, | | this issue dates back to 2004 and got stalled pretty soon. Essentially | Gaby wanted to see *dynamic_cast* explicitly mentioned in this kind of | diagnostic (we used to explicitly talk about static_cast), where

Re: [C++ Patch] PR 14263

2013-07-05 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
Paolo Carlini writes: | Hi, | | this issue dates back to 2004 and got stalled pretty soon. Essentially | Gaby wanted to see *dynamic_cast* explicitly mentioned in this kind of | diagnostic (we used to explicitly talk about static_cast), whereas | Mark found the current status an improvement over

[C++ Patch] PR 14263

2013-07-05 Thread Paolo Carlini
Hi, this issue dates back to 2004 and got stalled pretty soon. Essentially Gaby wanted to see *dynamic_cast* explicitly mentioned in this kind of diagnostic (we used to explicitly talk about static_cast), whereas Mark found the current status an improvement over the past, proposed some furthe