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From: kipp@warp.sgi.com (Kipp Hickman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: C++ 2.0 bug
Message-ID: <871@odin.SGI.COM>
Date: 9 Oct 89 19:37:23 GMT
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Reply-To: kipp@warp.sgi.com (Kipp Hickman)
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Entry Systems Division
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Say I do this:

	class foo {
		...
		friend foo* doSomething(foo* a, ...);
	};

Then in foo.c++ I write this:

	static foo*
	doSomething(foo* a, ...)
	{
		...
	}

The compiler complains that the declaration of doSomething is both extern &
static.  So then I try this:

	class foo {
		...
		static friend foo* doSomething(foo* a, ...);
	};

And that yields this complaint:

	error: bad base type: static friend

UGH.

						kipp hickman
						silicon graphics inc.