[wwwdocs PATCH] Document friend changes in gcc-4.0/changes.html
Mark Mitchell
mark@codesourcery.com
Fri Dec 3 02:35:00 GMT 2004
Kriang Lerdsuwanakij wrote:
> Mark Mitchell wrote:
>
>>
>> OK; I did not intend to change the meaning. But, I do not find your
>> wording clear. How about "When declaring a friend class using an
>> unqualified name, if name-lookup does not find the friend class, the
>> friend declaration is considered to be a forward declaration of a
>> member class, rather than a class in the containing namespace."?
>>
>>
> Hmm, the entry is about where to do name-lookup for an existing name,
> not where to put an undeclared name. So I am proposing this version:
>
> "When declaring a friend class using an unqualified name, classes
> outside the innermost non-class scope are not searched."
Yes, that sounds good.
Thanks,
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