std::mask_array::operator= inaccessible --------------------------------------- Key: STDCXX-311 URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STDCXX-311 Project: C++ Standard Library Issue Type: Bug Components: 26. Numerics Affects Versions: 4.1.2, 4.1.3 Environment: All. Reporter: Martin Sebor Assigned To: Martin Sebor Fix For: 4.2 The well-formed program below fails to compile because the mask_array copy assignment operator is declared private: $ cat z.cpp && make z #include int main () { std::valarray va (10); std::mask_array ma (va [std::valarray(1)]); ma = ma; } gcc -c -I/build/sebor/dev/stdlib/include/ansi -D_RWSTDDEBUG -D_RWSTD_USE_CONFIG -I/build/sebor/dev/stdlib/include -I/build/sebor/gcc-4.1.0-11s/include -I/build/sebor/dev/stdlib/examples/include -pedantic -nostdinc++ -g -W -Wall -Wcast-qual -Winline -Wshadow -Wwrite-strings -Wno-long-long z.cpp /build/sebor/dev/stdlib/include/valarray: In function 'int main()': /build/sebor/dev/stdlib/include/valarray:1079: error: 'std::mask_array<_TypeT>& std::mask_array<_TypeT>::operator=(const std::mask_array<_TypeT>&) [with _TypeT = int]' is private z.cpp:7: error: within this context make: *** [z.o] Error 1 -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira