Re: Re: c++/8821: gcc 3.2 problem with overloaded inherited operator

[Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>]

The following reply was made to PR c++/8821; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>
To: andre@kiwisound.de
Cc: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Re: c++/8821: gcc 3.2 problem with overloaded inherited operator
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 08:43:28 -0600 (CST)

 > In my opinion it IS a bug because the operator of the parent class has
 > another argument. So the name resolution should detect the matching
 > operator in the parent class as usual in C++. I think overloaded
 > operators should behave like overloaded functions (where the same thing
 > works!).
 
 Note the distinction I made between overloaded functions and overloaded 
 virtual functions. For some historical reason, a virtual function with a 
 different argument list hides a function with the same name in the base 
 class. This is not the case for non-virtual functions. I just don't know 
 how operators behave. That's the question here. I concede that the 
 behavior is confusing.
 
 Regards
   Wolfgang
 
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