Hello,

I have a problem by compiling a class with the following friend function in Header file:

class X{

private:
......

protected:
.......

public:

friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& target, const PARA_DSC& para);


};


the compiler output is:

"X.hxx", line 346: Warning (Anachronism): Class friends require an explicit "class".
"X.hxx", line 346: Error: "," expected instead of "&".
1 Error(s) and 1 Warning(s) detected.
*** Error code 1

Has anybody an idea, where the problem coud be?


Greetings

nik

I think you need to put the "friend" after the return value of the operator. I.e.:

ostream& friend operator<<(ostream& target, const PARA_DSC& para);

If "friend" is the first token, then it expects the declaration of a friend class.