Re: circular dependencies and typedefs

From: David Harmon (source_at_netcom.com.invalid)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 17:09:18 GMT

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:12:55 +0100 in comp.lang.c++, Dylan
<spaldeen@ontheball.com> wrote,
>Is there a way of declaring the following without making A::m_b a
>pointer or a reference?

(example snipped)

Yes. Class A has a member B, so it needs #include "B.h" before the
class A definition and not just a forward declaration of B.

B has only indirect mention of A, so the forward declaration works
there. Of course if B tried to contain a member A, you would have an
impassability.

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