[boost] Re: token_iterator_test / como-win32-4.3.3-vc7.1 failure

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-01 17:08:54

Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
> 
> You basically saying that following is incorrect:
> 
> namespace out {
> 
> class A {};
> 
> namespace in {
> 
> class B {
> friend class A;
> };
> 
> } // namespace in
> 
> } // namespace out

Well it's incorrect if the goal is to make out::A a friend of out::in::B.

> I bit strange.

Well, yes.

> After all at the point of friend statement there is symbol A
> that fit the bill. Why exactly standard doing that?

Sorry but I don't have the rationale.

Thomas

-- 
Thomas Witt
witt_at_[hidden]