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why can't default members be forward-declared #1379

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gavinking opened this issue Jul 9, 2015 · 2 comments
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why can't default members be forward-declared #1379

gavinking opened this issue Jul 9, 2015 · 2 comments
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The spec says that default attributes and functions can't be forward-declared, and the typechecker enforces that, but for the life of me I don't remember why. It doesn't seem like a reasonable restriction.
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relax restriction in #1379
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fix a bug in detection of start of declaration section
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I have pushed a commit that relaxes the restriction. But is there some reason we need it?

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fix bug #1413 by rolling back proposed change #1379
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But is there some reason we need it?

Yes: see #1413.

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