Re: Forward reference compiler error...

From:

"Jim Langston" <tazmaster@rocketmail.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.c++

Date:

Sat, 3 May 2008 21:03:01 -0700

Message-ID:

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barcaroller wrote:

"Pete Becker" <pete@versatilecoding.com> wrote in message
news:2008050310124475249-pete@versatilecodingcom...

At the point of "new A" the compiler has to generate code to create
an object of tpye A. Since it hasn't seen the definition of A, it
can't do that.

Thank you for your response. Actually, it's not the new() that is
causing me problems. Let me present the problem in another way.

   class A; // forward reference

   class B
   {
       int print()
       {

       }

       foo(A* a)
       {
           cout << a->print(); // compiler error here
       }
   }

   class A
   {
       int print()
       {

       }

       bar(B* b)
       {
           cout << b->print();
       }
   }

   main()
   {
       a = new A;
       b = new B;

       b->foo(a);
       a->bar(b);
   }

Basically, I have two objects that are dependent on each other. I
thought I would be okay as long as I use pointers to these objects. Is
there a way around this problem (other than re-designing)?

Ouput of program is
21

#include <iostream>

class A; // forward reference

class B
{
public:
    int print()
    {
        return 1;
    }

    void foo(A* a);
};

class A
{
public:
    int print()
    {
        return 2;
    }

    void bar(B* b)
    {
        std::cout << b->print();
    }
};

void B::foo(A* a)
{
    std::cout << a->print();
}

main()
{
    A* a = new A;
    B* b = new B;

    b->foo(a);
    a->bar(b);

    delete a;
    delete b;
}

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Jim Langston
tazmaster@rocketmail.com

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