base class access specifier[s]
Ellery Newcomer
ellery-newcomer at utulsa.edu
Mon Jan 19 08:10:08 PST 2009
BCS wrote:
> Hello Ellery,
>
>> Tee hee. I can make the compiler swallow something silly:
>>
>> module silly;
>>
>> interface I{
>> void foo();
>> }
>> class C: public private protected package protected public protected
>> public private protected package I{
>> void foo(){}
>> }
>> void main(){}
>>
>
> Um. OK. It turns out it's easier to make the compiler eat that than it
> is to make it reject it. Also sometimes it's handy to have it look at
> only the last cases (I think that's what it does). As an example, in
> generated code. Another example of this is in unix command line apps
> that often have on/off flag pairs that can be mixed ad-nauseum because
> they grab flags from several different sources that need to override
> each other.
>
>
I don't buy that. Not that I'm a C guru or anything, but it looks to me
that Parser::BaseClasses could be easily edited to make the point in
question go away.
Also, I don't quite follow your rationale, but I'll accept it just the
same. I like this feature :D
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