From: Andy Maddison <maddison AT coventry DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Help with class "chicken or the egg" problem
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 12:24:23 +0000
Organization: Coventry University
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On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Riley wrote:

> I am having trouble writing a program.  Is there an equivalent to a function
> prototype but for classes???  I have two classes that have pointers to each
> other and I can't figure out how to define them.  Attached is a simple
> demonstration program to get my point across.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Riley
> hitzl AT usa DOT net

I think you just need to declare one class name like so:

class B;

then define them:

class A;
{
	private:
		B* ptrToB;
	public:
		A();	//constructor
};

class B;
{
	private:
		A* ptrToA;
	public:
		B();	//constructor
};