Cross Posted to comp.std.c++ from comp.lang.c++

An interesting question.

brad@amber.ssd.csd.harris.com (Brad Appleton) writes:

>I have a question as to how the proposed run-time type identification
>(RTTI) extensions to C++ behave with respect to private inheritance.
>Suppose I have the following:

>     class MyStack : private LinkedList {
>        // ...
>     };

>        // ...

>     MyStack me_stack;
>     MyStack * ptr2me_stack = &me_stack;

>Now suppose I use the RTTI extensions to try and convert a MyStack*
>into a LinkedList* ... will this succeed (since one is derived from
>the other) or will it fail because the inheritance is private?

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