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On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 3:58:57 PM UTC+1, Scott Prager wrote:
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>
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> On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 5:58:52 AM UTC-5, Markus Grech wrote:
>>
>> I have updated the proposal, feedback would be very appreciated.
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B4zWiym1twufigKA4RSXYR5xU4g32EJ8XNl_bzFtX08/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>
> One possible use-case that I don't see in this proposal:
>
> struct X { int mem; };
> struct Y { int mem; };
>
>
> int void::* p = X::mem;
> auto xp = static_cast<int X::*>(p);  // (1)
> auto yp = static_cast<int Y::*>(p);  // (2)
>
>
> Obviously, *(1) *should be valid, and you describe such a round trip in 
> the proposal, but what about *(2)*?
> Certainly not valid, but I don't see anything prohibiting it.
>
This would certainly not have any portably meaningful result, as described 
by the second open question. It is however not easily possible to get a 
compiletime-error in general. A compiler could possibly emit a warning here 
however. 

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><br>On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 3:58:57 PM UTC+1, =
Scott Prager wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;mar=
gin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D=
"ltr"><br><br>On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 5:58:52 AM UTC-5, Markus Grec=
h wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0;margin-left:0.8=
ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><font colo=
r=3D"#000000" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:15px;white-space:pre-=
wrap">I have updated the proposal, feedback would be very appreciated.</spa=
n></font><div><a href=3D"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B4zWiym1twufig=
KA4RSXYR5xU4g32EJ8XNl_bzFtX08/edit?usp=3Dsharing" rel=3D"nofollow" target=
=3D"_blank" onmousedown=3D"this.href=3D'https://docs.google.com/document/d/=
1B4zWiym1twufigKA4RSXYR5xU4g32EJ8XNl_bzFtX08/edit?usp\75sharing';return tru=
e;" onclick=3D"this.href=3D'https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B4zWiym1twu=
figKA4RSXYR5xU4g32EJ8XNl_bzFtX08/edit?usp\75sharing';return true;">https://=
docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/<wbr>1B4zWiym1twufigKA4RSXYR5xU4g32<wbr>EJ8=
XNl_bzFtX08/edit?usp=3D<wbr>sharing</a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></=
div><div>One possible use-case that I don't see in this proposal:</div><div=
><br></div><div style=3D"border:1px solid rgb(187,187,187);word-wrap:break-=
word;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><code><div><span style=3D"color:#00=
8">struct</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> X </span><span style=3D"color:#=
660">{</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> </span><span style=3D"color:#008">=
int</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> mem</span><span style=3D"color:#660">=
;</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> </span><span style=3D"color:#660">};</s=
pan><span style=3D"color:#000"><br></span><span style=3D"color:#008">struct=
</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> Y </span><span style=3D"color:#660">{</s=
pan><span style=3D"color:#000"> </span><span style=3D"color:#008">int</span=
><span style=3D"color:#000"> mem</span><span style=3D"color:#660">;</span><=
span style=3D"color:#000"> </span><span style=3D"color:#660">};</span><span=
 style=3D"color:#000"><br><br><br></span><span style=3D"color:#008">int</sp=
an><span style=3D"color:#000"> </span><span style=3D"color:#008">void</span=
><span style=3D"color:#660">::*</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> p </span>=
<span style=3D"color:#660">=3D</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> X</span><s=
pan style=3D"color:#660">::</span><span style=3D"color:#000">mem</span><spa=
n style=3D"color:#660">;</span><span style=3D"color:#000"><br></span><span =
style=3D"color:#008">auto</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> xp </span><span=
 style=3D"color:#660">=3D</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> </span><span st=
yle=3D"color:#008">static_cast</span><span style=3D"color:#660">&lt;</span>=
<span style=3D"color:#008">int</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> X</span><s=
pan style=3D"color:#660">::*&gt;(</span><span style=3D"color:#000">p</span>=
<span style=3D"color:#660">);</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> &nbsp;</spa=
n><span style=3D"color:#800">// (1)</span><span style=3D"color:#000"><br></=
span><span style=3D"color:#008">auto</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> yp <=
/span><span style=3D"color:#660">=3D</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> </sp=
an><span style=3D"color:#008">static_cast</span><span style=3D"color:#660">=
&lt;</span><span style=3D"color:#008">int</span><span style=3D"color:#000">=
 Y</span><span style=3D"color:#660">::*&gt;(</span><span style=3D"color:#00=
0">p</span><span style=3D"color:#660">);</span><span style=3D"color:#000"> =
&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"color:#800">// (2)</span></div></code></div><di=
v><br></div><div><br></div><div>Obviously, <i>(1) </i>should be valid, and =
you describe such a round trip in the proposal, but what about <i>(2)</i>?<=
/div><div>Certainly not valid, but I don't see anything prohibiting it.</di=
v></div></blockquote><div>This would certainly not have any portably meanin=
gful result, as described by the second open question. It is however not ea=
sily possible to get a compiletime-error in general. A compiler could possi=
bly emit a warning here however.&nbsp;</div></div>

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