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forward declaration with namespace

I have sources containing lots of namespaces (even nested ...)

I'm porting these classes to gcc 3.3.2. At the moment I get several
error messages like this:

../../src/libFormalValida tion/ErrorCache.h:20 :
error: forward declaration of `struct Support::CError Info'

The code at this place is:

namespace Support
{
class CErrorInfo; // <- here
}

This is a forward declaration of a class located in a namespace. This
class name will be used later for pointers, references and template
parameters. This is legal on MSVC and on HPUX aCC. Is this illegal on
gcc?

T.M.
Aug 26 '05 #1
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your forward declaration declares CErrorInfo as a class. however, the
error message referes to CErrorInfo as a struct. is it a class or a
struct?

stoyan.

Aug 26 '05 #2
"nymano" <pl*********@ho tmail.com> schrieb:
your forward declaration declares CErrorInfo as a class. however, the
error message referes to CErrorInfo as a struct. is it a class or a
struct?


"class" is a special case of "struct". gcc uses the more common word
"struct" in it's error messages which means both classes and structs.

My code contains the following definition:

namespace Support {
class CErrorInfo
{
// ...
};
}

My guess is: classes declared forward are not usable as template
parameter type later. But I can't imagine this really.

T.M.
Aug 26 '05 #3
Torsten Mueller wrote:
<snip>
My guess is: classes declared forward are not usable as
template parameter type later. But I can't imagine this
really.

<snip>

Whether or not a template instantiation needs the type
definition depends on the template. E.g.
std::tr1::smart _ptr<T> doesn't need T's full type to
instantiate any member function (AFAIR, except when you
use the default value of the 2nd ctor argument - the
deleter).
std::pair<U,V> need the full type, though.

The forward declaration you have posted is completely ok.
The problem lies elsewhere. Post more code, and an error
message.

Marc

Aug 26 '05 #4

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