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2024-12-19


19. Clarify protected member access

Section: 11.8.5  [class.protected]     Status: NAD     Submitter: unknown     Date: unknown

11.8.5 [class.protected] paragraph 1 says:

When a friend or a member function of a derived class references a protected nonstatic member of a base class, an access check applies in addition to ...
Instead of saying "references a protected nonstatic member of a base class", shouldn't this be rewritten to use the concept of naming class as 11.8.3 [class.access.base] paragraph 4 does?

Rationale (04/99): This rule is orthogonal to the specification in 11.8.3 [class.access.base] paragraph 4.