Re: Using pointer-to-member of incomplete type in constructor call in VS2008
Mihajlo Cvetanovi=C4=87 <mcvetanovic@gmail.com> wrote:
Update on the subject. I was playing with inheritance keywords
__single_inheritance, __multiple_inheritance, __virtual_inheritance.
If you specify the correct keyword everything works. If you specify
incorrect inheritance the compiler reports C2292. Very nice. BUT if
you specify virtual inheritance for non-virtual inheriting class then
compiler also hits internal error. Not nice. Someone should report
this :-)
So, the compiler has a way to detect inconsistencies in handling the
pointers to members between compilation units.
Are you sure it was between translation units? I would be very surprised =
if the compiler were able to do that. I'm pretty sure the compiler =
actually saw a forward declaration with an incorrect keyword (perhaps in =
an #included header), and then a mismatched definition, in the same =
translation unit.
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