Apologies if this has already been asked,

code:

class A{
B b;
enum B { x,y,z }
}

Produces this error:
enum B is forward referenced

It was my understanding that D did not require forward declarations, the existance of this error message implies that this is an error by design. Am I missing something?

Geordi wrote:
> Apologies if this has already been asked,

See my post today on digitalmars.D.bugs.

<snip>
> Produces this error:
> enum B is forward referenced
> 
> It was my understanding that D did not require forward declarations, the
> existance of this error message implies that this is an error by design. Am I
> missing something?

This aspect of the language is slowly working its way in.

Stewart.

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"Geordi" <Geordi_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:cs37sk$1lll$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Apologies if this has already been asked,
>
> code:
>
> class A{
> B b;
> enum B { x,y,z }
> }
>
> Produces this error:
> enum B is forward referenced
>
> It was my understanding that D did not require forward declarations, the existance of this error message implies that this is an error by design.
Am I
> missing something?

No, you're not missing anything. Enums just haven't gotten the attention they need in the internal compiler workings to support forward referencing yet. The last compiler update went through some significant internal work to get structs to forward reference right. It'll happen for enums, too, it's just a lower priority.