From 2633872039129052317 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,4e0e65235aa5eceb X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Ron Natalie Subject: Re: pointer to member derivation question Date: 1999/06/25 Message-ID: <3773A6FE.A4EA32C7@sensor.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 493819837 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: Valentin Bonnard References: X-Original-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:57:50 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Sensor Systems X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBVAwUAN3OoRqwEuYhIxRhxAQEBrQH8CsMbykpzfmZVW8aOQiB6E7R4KI9gnlOW 8Z5eFfOA1/MnKPHuHBthi3pEQUFhzE0RSxPp+Q4iTDMd94wK/H55Gg== =KCoB Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ > But the original poster's question has to do with conversions of > "Derived (T::*)(X1,X2) cv" to "Base (T::*)(X1,X2)". From previous > discussion on this newsgroup, I gather two things: the conversion is > forbidden, and there is no good reason to forbid it. How does the base code know how to derferrence a pointer to the insides of a derived class it knows nothing about? --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]