Re: inaccessible base despite public inheritance

From:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 22 May 2007 10:04:22 -0400
Message-ID:
<f2ut96$se0$1@news.datemas.de>
Stefan Weber wrote:

I have the following header file (named test.h):

class Foo
{
public:
Foo(void) {}
virtual ~Foo(void) {}
};

class Bar : public Foo
{
public:
Bar(void) {}
virtual ~Bar(void) {}
};

with a very simple cpp file:

#include "test.h"

int main() {
Foo* f = new Bar();
}

This compiles with Visual Studio 2005, but with g++ 4.1.1 I get an
error:

bash-3.00$ test.cpp:4: error: Foo is an inaccessible base of Bar

Acutally, I know that this error message occurs when doing something
like "class Bar : private Foo" (i.e. inherit the code but withouth
polymorphism). But I obviously declared to use public inheritance.
Does anybody see the problem?


The only /potential/ problem is the name of the header file.

Put the code you posted in the same cpp file and compile it again
(comment out 'with a very...' and the '#include'). If it compiles,
the problem isn't in the code. If it doesn't, you're SOL. Get
a better compiler.

V
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