Why ambiguous base when one is inherited private?

A

a eriksson

Why is the call foo(c) below ambiguous when B inherits A privately? I
think that that contradicts the first error reported below since B
objects are not treated as A objects?

class A {};

class B : private A {};

class C : public B, public A {};

void foo(A& a) {}

int main() {
B b;
// foo(b); error: `A' is an inaccessible base of `B'
C c;
foo(c); // error: `A' is an ambiguous base of `C'
}

/ Andreas
 
V

Victor Bazarov

a said:
Why is the call foo(c) below ambiguous when B inherits A privately? I
think that that contradicts the first error reported below since B
objects are not treated as A objects?

class A {};

class B : private A {};

class C : public B, public A {};

void foo(A& a) {}

int main() {
B b;
// foo(b); error: `A' is an inaccessible base of `B'
C c;
foo(c); // error: `A' is an ambiguous base of `C'
}

Overload resolution happens before checking access privileges.

V
 

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