RE: [boost] Re: Class properties utility classes

From: Björn Karlsson (bjorn.karlsson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-06 03:46:37

> From: Jens Maurer [mailto:Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: den 5 november 2001 23:16
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost] Re: Class properties utility classes
> 
> 
> "Gennadiy E. Rozental" wrote:
> > Jens Maurer <Jens.Maurer_at_g...> wrote:
> > > Instead of "friend Owner" it should say "friend class Owner"
> > > (twice).
> 
> > No. See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/message/19531
> 
> "friend Owner" is definitely wrong.  Note that 7.1.5.3p1 says that
> the class-key is compulsory.  Note further that "friend class Owner"
> is indeed ill-formed according to 7.1.5.3p2.
> There appears to be no way to declare the friendship the code 
> wants to declare.
> 
> See also core issue 68.
> 
> Jens Maurer
> 

Exactly. Both syntactic versions of friendship utilize broken compilers.

Bjorn