Andre Poenitz wrote:
> And where, exactly, is the instantiation?
>
> Good point.
>
> I have a bad feeling nevertheless, but I'll go ask the gurus as I
> don't find something explicitly forbidding it.
>
>> I see none... Moreover, you'll find that any place ParagraphList is
>> actually instantiated (in the .C files) there is a #include
>> "paragraph.h" as well as a #include "ParagraphList_fwd.h".
>
> But it doesn't work with 'class Paragraph;' removed. So this means
> usage is something like
>
> #include <list>
>
> class Paragraph;
>
> typedef std::list<Paragraph> ParagraphList;
>
> class Paragraph {
> ...
> };
>
>
> Well, I go and ask.
>
> Andre'
Good'o. Note that none of our compilers (including DEC cxx and g++
3.4) have a problem with this and compilers are getting pretty
standard compliant nowadays.
--
Angus
