"Pranabesh Dash" <pranabesh.dash@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The following piece of code compiles fine with 3.4.2, 4.0.0 but > errors out on 4.1.0. Seems like a GCC bug. The friend function name > is recognized if called as a function but does not work when used as > a function pointer. An explicit function declaration (or definition > reordered) is needed to get it to compile with 4.1.0. > > Do you believe this is a bug or a feature??? This is a feature. It is caused by closer conformance to the C++ standard. See the -ffriend-injection option and see "ARM-style name-injection" in http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.1/changes.html. Ian
