Forward Declaration

I have 2 structures that contain each other..

Code:

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typedef struct tagUSER {
    long lName
    GROUP group
    const char *lpszPass
}; USER

typdef struct tagGROUP {
    long lID
    USER user
}; GROUP

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It doesnt work. Is there a way to forward the declaration for the
structures so they can see each other?

Placing the line:

Code:

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struct tagGROUP;

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before the first struct should solve the problem.

Z.

It does not and it's good that way. Two structs that contain each other (or one that contains itself) would actually need infinite memory.

If you need something like this, keep a pointer to a struct of the other type, but don't create access violations :)

Then you still need a forward declaration like Zaei showed.


And the alternative names for your structs must come before the semicolon:
} GROUP;

Oh, I didnt catch that =(.

Z.