From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: super
Date:	Sat, 14 Feb 1998 22:44:11 -0500
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Chia wrote:
> 
> Ok all, I've got two classes.
> 
>     class foo
>     class foo_2
> 
>     Now, if class foo has a class foo_2 in it,
> 
>         class foo {
>          public:
>             foo_2 *mr_foo;
>             void something(void);
>         };
> 
>     is there a way to have mr_foo call a function, something(), in foo?
> Thanks!

Damn!  I am totally off tonight.  I missed the point of your question
twice!  Okay... what you want is for the member functions of class foo_2
to be able to use the member functions of class foo, when an object of
class foo_2 is a member of class foo.  This is conceptually impossible,
because foo's data and member functions are not in scope in foo_2.  It
would be possible to include a pointer to a foo object in foo_2, and
invoke its member functions through the pointer.  However, that seems a
ridiculously complex and error-prone way to handle things, and you'd
have to do a lot of finagling to even get the two pointers pointing to
each other.  It would help to understand the application you have in
mind; I might be able to suggest an entirely different way of handling
things.

P.S.:  This is a C++ question, not a DJGPP question, and is therefore
off-topic for this newsgroup.  comp.lang.c++ or comp.lang.c++.moderated
would be better places to ask.

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