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From: Steve Horne
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:00

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Magnus Hult wrote:
> 
> declare variables and so on, but apparently it does. Is my compiler too old,
> or is there a better way to solve the problem?

Yes, it's called "forward declaration".  It works like this:

class Object;  // this is the forward declaration

Object *ptr;   // Pointers to declared but undefined things are OK.

class Object {
public:
   //  your definition
};

Hope this helps,
-Steve

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