Top "Forward-declaration" questions

Forward declarations allow statically-typed programs to indicate the type and name of a symbol without actually defining it.

What are forward declarations in C++?

At: http://www.learncpp.com/cpp-tutorial/19-header-files/ The following is mentioned: add.cpp: int add(int x, int y) { return …

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When can I use a forward declaration?

I am looking for the definition of when I am allowed to do forward declaration of a class in another …

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c++ "Incomplete type not allowed" error accessing class reference information (Circular dependency with forward declaration)

Had some issues in my code recently surrounding what I now know of as a Circular dependency. In short there …

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Is it possible to forward-declare a function in Python?

Is it possible to forward-declare a function in Python? I want to sort a list using my own cmp function …

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Forward declaration of a typedef in C++

Why won't the compiler let me forward declare a typedef? Assuming it's impossible, what's the best practice for keeping my …

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C++ class forward declaration

When I try to compile this code, I get: 52 C:\Dev-Cpp\Projektyyy\strategy\Tiles.h invalid use of undefined type `…

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receiver type *** for instance message is a forward declaration

In my iOS5 app, I have NSObject States class, and trying to init it: states = [states init]; here is init …

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error: member access into incomplete type : forward declaration of

I have two classes in the same .cpp file: // forward class B; class A { void doSomething(B * b) { b->…

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How do I forward declare an inner class?

I have a class like so... class Container { public: class Iterator { ... }; ... }; Elsewhere, I want to pass a Container::Iterator by …

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"Implicit instantiation of undefined template" when forward declaring template class

I've got some code in which I need to forward-declare the a template class (or at least, forward-declaring would make …

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