[class.access.base] p6 Unclear about the cv-qualification
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[class.access.base] p6
If a class member access operator, including an implicit “this->”, is used to access a non-static data member or non-static member function, the reference is ill-formed if the left operand (considered as a pointer in the “.” operator case) cannot be implicitly converted to a pointer to the naming class of the right operand.
struct A{
int a = 0;
};
struct B: A{
};
const B b;
(&b)->A::a;
The naming class of the right operand is class B while the left operand is a pointer to const B, from a pointer to const B to a pointer to A discards the cv-qualification, hence the implicit conversion cannot be done. It is not the intent of this rule, however, it is not clear in this wording about whether considering the cv-qualification when we say implicit conversions.
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Start with [class.access.base] paragraph 6 and the supplied inheritance example involving const B and A::a. Determine whether the wording should explicitly address cv-qualification in the implicit conversion rule; the issue is done when the standard text clearly expresses the intended treatment without ambiguity.
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