Re: using a class inside a class.
phil.pellouchoud@gmail.com wrote:
I did some searching online and i couldn't find anything in reference
to this.
I am using MinGW, gcc 4.3 and am having the following compilation
issue:
class CFoo
{
public:
...
private:
std::list<CFoo> m_children;
};
The complaint from the compiler looks like this:
c:\mingw\bin\../lib/gcc/i386-pc-mingw32/4.3.0/include/c++/bits/
boost_concept_check.h: In instantiation of
'__gnu_cxx::_SGIAssignableConcept<CFoo>':
c:\mingw\bin\../lib/gcc/i386-pc-mingw32/4.3.0/include/c++/bits/
stl_list.h:420: instantiated from 'std::list<CFoo,
std::allocator<CFoo> >'
c:\mingw\bin\../lib/gcc/i386-pc-mingw32/4.3.0/include/c++/bits/
boost_concept_check.h:216: error:
'__gnu_cxx::_SGIAssignableConcept<_Tp>::__a' has incomplete type
So, basically, I think what it's saying is that it doesn't know how to
build the class because CFoo hasn't been defined by the time it's
trying to create it (i.e. incomplete type). I tried adding
"std::list<class CFoo>" as well, but that didn't work either. This
compiles on visual studio with some warnings.
I can make this work by making it "std::list<CFoo*>", but I'm
wondering if there's a way to get this to work as defined.
thanks for listening.
All I can tell you is I've done this exact same thing in the past
successfully in both Microsoft Visual C++ .net 2003 and DevC++. Here is
something that compiles sucessfully in Microsoft Visual C++ .net 2003:
#include <list>
class CFoo
{
private:
std::list<CFoo> m_children;
};
int main()
{
CFoo Foo;
}
No warnings, no errors.
I don't know why your version of gcc is complaining, I don't think it
should, AFAIK this is perfectly legal, although I haven't read the standard
on it.
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