Re: [boost] [Test] Intel 8 seems to need workaround

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-25 09:31:46

John Maddock wrote:
> > Warning: this diff has not actually been checked with ICC 8.0, but
> > I'm confident it'll work as the problem looks exactly the same as with
> > ICC 7.0:
> >
> >I've just tested with ICC 8.0 and this patch surely works.
>
> Well it solves the problem, but the EDG based compilers are amongst the
> most conforming compilers we have access to, are we sure that this is a
> compiler bug, rather than a code bug?  If yes, do you have a test case: as
> I can pass it on to Intel.

No, I don't have an easy test case: the snippet

class B {
protected:
    int i;
};

class D : private B {
public:
    using B::i;
};

that Gennadiy referred to (IIRC) compiles without errors.

- Volodya