Question

I get a syntax error for this code, a c2143 error, the visual studio says the error is in the 7th line inside the class node definition.
if someone can please tell me what the error is I just don’t get it.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

template<class T>
class Node
{
    friend LinkedStack<T>;
    private:
    T data;
    Node<T> *link;
};
template<class T>
class LinkedStack {
    public:
        LinkedStack() {top = 0;}
        ~LinkedStack();
        int IsEmpty() const {return top == 0;}
        T Top() const;
        LinkedStack<T>& Add(const T& x);
        LinkedStack<T>& Delete(T& x);
    private:
        Node<T> *top; 
};
    template<class T>
LinkedStack<T>::~LinkedStack()
{// Stack destructor..
    Node<T> *next;
    while (top) {
        next = top->link;
        delete top;
        top = next;
    }
}
template<class T>
T LinkedStack<T>::Top() const
{// Return top element.
    if (IsEmpty()) cout<<"Stack empty:";
    else
        return top->data;
}
    template<class T>
LinkedStack<T>& LinkedStack<T>::Add(const T& x)
{// Add x to stack.
    Node<T> *p = new Node<T>;
    p->data = x;
    p->link = top;
    top = p;
    return *this;
}
    template<class T>
LinkedStack<T>& LinkedStack<T>::Delete(T& x)
{// Delete top element and put it in x.
    if (IsEmpty()) 
    {
        cout<<"Stack empty";
    return *this;
    }
    x = top->data;
    Node<T> *p = top;
    top = top->link;
    delete p;
    return *this;
}


void main(void)
{
    int x;
    LinkedStack<int> S;
    S.Add(1).Add(2).Add(3).Add(4);
    cout << "Stack should be 1234" << endl;
    cout << "Stack top is " << S.Top() << endl;
    S.Delete(x);
    cout << "Deleted " << x << endl;
    S.Delete(x);
    cout << "Deleted " << x << endl;
    S.Delete(x);
    cout << "Deleted " << x << endl;
    S.Delete(x);
    cout << "Deleted " << x << endl;
}

Answer 1

You have:

friend LinkedStack<T>;

Shouldn’t it be:

friend class LinkedStack<T>;

?