Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/06/04/04:30:14
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>From: Darren Grant[SMTP:darn AT xl DOT ca]
>Sent: 02 June 1997 02:08
>To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
>Subject: compiling interdependent C++ classes
>
>Hello,
>
>I am having extreme difficulty compiling a collection of interdependent
>C++ classes (using RHIDE). i.e. Given classes A and B, the situation is
>like to A requiring B and vice versa.
>
>Each class has its own .cpp (class implementation only) and associated
>header file (#include directives and class declaration only). While
>BC++ has absolutely no problems with this arrangement, DJGPP returns all
>sorts of errors consistent with the attempted use of undeclared classes.
>(Not only that, but DJGPP isn't trapping circular #includes, which is
>highly annoying!)
>
>Thanks.
Can you not just declare the class prototypes in a headerfile:
sharedHeader.h
#ifndef _SHARED_HEADER_H_
#define _SHARED_HEADER_H_
class A;
class B;
class A
{
private:
int a, b, c;
B* ptrToBType;
public:
A();
~A();
};
class B
{
private:
int a, b, c;
A *ptrToAType;
public:
B();
~B();
};
#endif
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