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From: jfw@rome.wpd.sgi.com (john fergus wilkinson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Is this legal?
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Date: 10 Jul 90 17:31:29 GMT
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Is this legal C++?

class a {
public:
   int x;
};

class b {
public:
   int f() {return a;}
private:
   int a;
};

As I read the discussion in Section 9.9 of Ellis and Stroustrup, this
should be illegal under the
rule "A class-name...may not be redefined in a class declaration after
being used in the
class declaration..."  Am I right?