<html>
    <head>
      <base href="http://llvm.org/bugs/" />
    </head>
    <body><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8">
        <tr>
          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW --- - Error message 'static_cast from 'A *' to 'B *' is not allowed' could probably be more detailed"
   href="http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=17456">17456</a>
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>Error message 'static_cast from 'A *' to 'B *' is not allowed' could probably be more detailed
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Product</th>
          <td>clang
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Version</th>
          <td>unspecified
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Linux
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>normal
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Component</th>
          <td>C++
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedclangbugs@nondot.org
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>dcheng@google.com
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>CC</th>
          <td>dgregor@apple.com, llvmbugs@cs.uiuc.edu
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Classification</th>
          <td>Unclassified
          </td>
        </tr></table>
      <p>
        <div>
        <pre>Example:
cat > a.h << EOF
class A {
};
EOF

cat > b.h << EOF
class B : public A {
};
EOF

cat > c.cc << EOF
#include "a.h"

class B;

void Foo(A* always_a_b) {
  B* b = static_cast<B*>(always_a_b);
}
EOF

clang -I. -o c.o c.cc

In this case, I think Clang could be more helpful by describing why the static
cast is not allowed (B is only forward declared and not fully defined).</pre>
        </div>
      </p>
      <hr>
      <span>You are receiving this mail because:</span>
      
      <ul>
          <li>You are on the CC list for the bug.</li>
      </ul>
    </body>
</html>