From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Artem Khodush" <artem@duma.gov.ru>
To: nobody@gcc.gnu.org
Cc: gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c++/3020: using operator-> within the class that defines it
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 03:36:00 -0000
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The following reply was made to PR c++/3020; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Artem Khodush" <artem@duma.gov.ru>
To: <mps@sonartech.com.au>
Cc: <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>, <gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: c++/3020: using operator-> within the class that defines it
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:23:10 +0400

 > When operator->() is defined within a class B,
 > gcc does not apply it to expressions of the form
 > "this->x" from within class B (although it has
 > no trouble when the expression is spelled out as
 > "this->operator()->x").
 
 Not a bug.
 operator->() applies only to objects of the class, not to
 pointers to objects. You should write (*this)->x.