http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=7403

           Summary: Possible to instantiate forward referenced classes
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: dawg@dawgfoto.de


--- Comment #0 from dawg@dawgfoto.de 2012-01-30 17:28:33 PST ---
class Forward;

void main()
{
    auto fwd = new Forward; // linker error
}

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This should be detected at compile time.

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Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com> 2012-01-30 23:20:01 PST ---
Isn't it possible to have the implementation in a different object file?

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Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> 2012-01-31 01:19:04 PST ---
Jacob's right. This is not a bug. It's not conceptually different from calling a function marked as "extern".

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