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Subject: Implicit conversions for pointer-to-member
From: gordan.palameta@canrem.com (Gordan Palameta)
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Let D be a derived class of B, and Foo is some other class.


Is this legal without an explict cast?

       B Foo::*  <--   D Foo::*

HP C++ 3.0 (based on cfront) seems to think so, IBM C++ and DEC C++
disagree.

I would think that this is really no different from the ordinary

       B *  <--  D *

and therefore should be allowed.


Most books only discuss the (quite different) case of:

       Foo D::*   <--  Foo B::*