Re: Inheriting from 'T const' is -- OK or not?
On 4 mai, 23:52, "Alf P. Steinbach" <al...@start.no> wrote:
I have code essentially equivalent to the inheritance below:
<code>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class Base
{
public:
void foo() { cout << "Non-const foo" << endl; }
void foo() const { cout << "Const foo" << endl; }
};
template< class T >
class Derived: public T
{
public:
using T::foo;
void m() { foo(); }
};
int main()
{
Derived< Base const>().m();}
</code>
Seems to work nicely, as if just ignoring the const qualification, and Co=
meau
doesn't complain (Comeau is usually right about such things).
But I can't find anything in the standard supporting it, and indeed when =
T is
not a template parameter but a typedef for 'Base const' then g++ rejects =
it.
So, is the above standard-conforming code or does it (at least formally) =
need to
"deconstify" the template parameter?
You can not derive a class from "Base const" type. So that feels
strange if you supply "Base const" as template argument that is
expected to be used for base class of something by template. I vaguely
remember standard saying something about ignoring cv-qualification at
such places, but can not find it from real thing. From standpoint of
style i would deconstify it anyway even if it was legal.
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