c++/10230: type `A::B' is not a base type for type `C'

c++/10230: type `A::B' is not a base type for type `C'

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>Number:         10230
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       type `A::B' is not a base type for type `C'
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar 26 19:56:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     pepeaty@yahoo.com
>Release:        g++ 3.2
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:
class A {
public:
  class B {
  public:
    int a;
  };
};

class C {
public:
  void f(void) { sizeof(A::B::a); }
};

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g++ -v -o o o.cc -Wall
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/specs
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --host=i386-redhat-linux --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/cc1plus -v -D__GNUC__=3 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=2 -D__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__=0 -D__GXX_ABI_VERSION=102 -D__ELF__ -Dunix -D__gnu_linux__ -Dlinux -D__ELF__ -D__unix__ -D__gnu_linux__ -D__linux__ -D__unix -D__linux -Asystem=posix -D__NO_INLINE__ -D__STDC_HOSTED__=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE -Acpu=i386 -Amachine=i386 -Di386 -D__i386 -D__i386__ -D__tune_i386__ o.cc -D__GNUG__=3 -D__DEPRECATED -D__EXCEPTIONS -quiet -dumpbase o.cc -Wall -version -o /tmp/cchUfooG.s
GNU CPP version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7) (cpplib) (i386 Linux/ELF)
GNU C++ version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7) (i386-redhat-linux)
	compiled by GNU C version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7).
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/i386-redhat-linux/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/include/c++/3.2
 /usr/include/c++/3.2/i386-redhat-linux
 /usr/include/c++/3.2/backward
 /usr/local/include
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/include
 /usr/include
End of search list.
o.cc: In member function `void C::f()':
o.cc:11: type `A::B' is not a base type for type `C'

Compilation exited abnormally with code 1 at Thu Mar 27 07:50:25
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