From -135358520979297386 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc772,ef0c226459c03bdf X-Google-Attributes: gidfc772,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,edd477ec92e5348f X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: sbnaran@fermi.ceg.uiuc.edu (Siemel Naran) Subject: Re: Protected Inheritance Date: 1999/02/17 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 445396823 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: fermi.ceg.uiuc.edu Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) References: <79aesq$qlr$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> <36b9fd49.0@10.1.1.65> <36C046BE.4233@clipper.ens.fr> <36c9a628.0@10.1.1.65> X-UID: 0000000001 X-Status: $$$T Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Reply-To: sbnaran@KILL.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.std.c++,comp.lang.c++.moderated Originator: clamage@taumet On 17 Feb 99 05:59:17 GMT, Andrei Alexandrescu >Guess what. I removed the "class" keyword in my friend declaration and MSVC >6 gladly accepted the code. I've tried this on como too, and it is not accepted. friend class T; // error friend T; // error Como is probably right, because the standard forbids making a class a friend to a template parameter. However, I tend to think that there's no harm in allowing this kind of friendship. -- ---------------------------------- Siemel B. Naran (sbnaran@uiuc.edu) ---------------------------------- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]