Re: [boost] is_base_and_derived instantiated from within derived classdefinition

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-11 09:04:30

"John Maddock" <john_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Zak Kipling wrote:
>>> From discussion on the above bug page, it appears unclear whether
>>> this
>> or not this code is actually legal... has the patch broken something
>> which should be expected to work, or are the existing versions of gcc
>> and Comeau accepting illegal code?
>
> It looks borderline to me: I suspect that gcc is correct in complaining 
> about this, of course that doesn't mean it *has* to diagnose this as an 
> error, simply that it is probably permitted to do so.
>
> Any other opinions?

I agree.

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