CC Jia <seabat...@gmail.com> wrote in news:61ae2f5e-92e9-46cc-be4e-
f4a1afd59...@30g2000yql.googlegroups.com:
Hi, guys, I'm a cpp newbie.
I have a question about class definition, here is:
class C{
public:
C test2(){std::cout<<"test2\n"; return *this;}
void print();
C testDefinition();
};
As i know, in class definition, it is incomplete, why can I make
return a object of this class?
For testDefinition(), this is only a declaration, which is OK with
incomplete types.
For test2(): from C++ standard 9.2/2: "Within the class member-
specification, the class is regarded as complete within function bodies,
[...]"
It seems the aim has been that when defining member functions inside the
class definition one should not encounter strange restrictions, the
compiler is required to handle them in the same way as if they were
defined outside of the class definition (and marked "inline" explicitly).
hth
Paavo