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From: Beszedes Arpad <beszedes@cc.u-szeged.hu>
Subject: class-definition using a qualified-name
Date: 2000/04/20
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Hi List,
I cannot find anywhere in the standard if the following is legal or not:

class outer
{
public:
  class inner;
};

class other_class
{
  class outer::inner
  {
  public:
    int i;
  };

  // ...

};

int main()
{
  outer::inner a;
  a.i = 2;
  return 0;
}

I.e. can be a class defined outside of its "real" container scope
(namely in an another namespace- or class-scope)?

(Btw my compiler -- MSVC6 -- compiles the above code).


Thanks,
  Arpad.

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