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Asked: May 31, 20262026-05-31T10:42:42+00:00 2026-05-31T10:42:42+00:00

Is it possible to forward-declare a class declared in another forward-declared class? Basically, I

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Is it possible to forward-declare a class declared in another forward-declared class?

Basically, I have something like this

//A.h
class A
{
...
    struct B
    {
    ...
    };
};

and now I want to declare another class like this

//Q.h

class A;
struct A::B;

class Q
{
    A::B* Foo();
};
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    2026-05-31T10:42:43+00:00Added an answer on May 31, 2026 at 10:42 am

    No, it cannot be done. To access the members of A it has to be defined, regardless of whether the member is a type, data or function.

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