Incorrect 'conversion to reference of read-only variable' error

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From: Jason Merrill
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1992 09:23

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This code:

class Object {
...
	static Object* const nil;
...
}

...

Object*& Arraychar::at(int)
{
	shouldNotImplement("at");
	return (Object*&)nil;
}

produces the error

Arraychar.c:291: conversion to reference of read-only variable `nil'

Here g++ should quietly cast away nil's const-ness.

--
Jason Merrill
jason@jarthur.claremont.edu

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