Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!wmt!sipi From: sipi@wmt.UUCP (Silvain Piree) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Why doesn't this work Keywords: typedef Message-ID: <407@wmt.UUCP> Date: 12 Feb 90 13:53:02 GMT Lines: 13 class x {}; typedef x y; class z: y {}; Why doesn't this work? The C++ translator (AT&T Cfront) says: "line 4: error: base class x undefined". Isn't it possible to use a typedef-name when declaring inheritance? Silvain Piree