Re: [Q] Why doesn't this compile?

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From: Bryan McGuire
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 14:46

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woerner@netcom.com (Rob Woerner) wrote:

>I agree. However, you can work around it by declaring L outside of A, and
>changing the name of B::L to (say) B::W. The way it is has a hidden 'L', inherited from A, but masked by B::L.
>I think it is confused by the 2 consecutive '::' operators.

1. I disagree,  B::L is not the same scope as A::L. Only static member
   functions can be called out of scope.

2. B::L::f() would use A::L::f() anyway because of how B was inherited
from A.

3. Has anyone noticed that B's constructor is private?

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From: rmcguir@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bryan McGuire)
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 14:46:25 GMT
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