------- Comment #3 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-10-03 16:45 ------- (In reply to comment #2) > Ok, here's something that's a little closer to the original example: I get an error with that example: t.cc:8: error: default argument for parameter of type A& has type B
In fact the following is valid code which is why we cannot error until you actually call f: // line 1 class A {}; class B : private A { friend void g(void);}; extern B b; void f( A & = b); // ERROR void g(void) { f(); } -- pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29332