"Gianni Mariani" <gi2nospam@mariani.ws> wrote in message news:b9e7q6$4pa@dispatch.concentric.net...

>          char Zoo::*             pp2 = & Zoo::x[3]; // << is this legal ?

Nope.

>
> If not, I submit a proposal to make it legal.
>
>
Well, it might get dicey if the submember is a virtual function.



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Is it legal C++ to take a pointer to element of member ?

If not, I submit a proposal to make it legal.

class Zoo {
         public:

         char            x[11];
         char            y;
};


int main()
{
         char Zoo::*             pp1 = & Zoo::y;

         char Zoo::*             pp2 = & Zoo::x[3]; // << is this legal ?

         return 0;
}


While I'm at it :


 char ( Zoo::* pp4 )[11] = & Zoo::x; // this IS ok AFAICT

should the following be legal C++ ?

 char Zoo::* pp5 = & pp4[ 3 ]; // << is this legal ?


If not, I submit a proposal to make it legal.


Thanks

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