From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10116 invoked by alias); 12 Apr 2012 22:48:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 10101 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Apr 2012 22:48:05 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from localhost (HELO gcc.gnu.org) (127.0.0.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:47:53 +0000 From: "jwcacces at yahoo dot com" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug c++/52965] New: c++11 - subclass is private, but g++ ignores access modifier when using auto Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:48:00 -0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: c++ X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: jwcacces at yahoo dot com X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: contact gcc-bugs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-bugs-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2012-04/txt/msg00933.txt.bz2 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52965 Bug #: 52965 Summary: c++11 - subclass is private, but g++ ignores access modifier when using auto Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.6.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: jwcacces@yahoo.com /* Is this a bug, that g++ ignores the private access modifier when using "auto type deduction"? Compile with g++ -std=c++0x private_access.cpp vs g++ -std=c++0x private_access.cpp -DUSE_AUTO This seems similar to bug 52816 */ class C { private: class PVT { }; public: PVT p() { return PVT(); }; }; int main(int, char*[]) { C c; #ifdef USE_AUTO auto p = c.p(); // why does this work (in c++11) #else C::PVT p = c.p(); // but this reports that C::PVT is private? #endif return 0; };