struct pair - Please Help!

Ok, I am baffled! I have seen the error "cannot access private member" before, but never "cannot access public member" and I am clueless as to how to fix this ailment!

The error:

Code:

C:\Program Files\DevStudio\VC\INCLUDE\utility(14) : error C2248: 'Square::Square' : cannot access public member declared in class 'CMainWnd::Square'

My definition of struct Square:

Code:

  struct Square {
    int col;
    int row;
    Square(int c=-1, int r=-1) : col(c), row(r) { }
    void Set(int c, int r) { col = c; row = r; }
    bool isValid() { return col >= 0 && row >= 0; }
  };

My typedef of ThreatPair:

Code:

typedef pair<Square, ThreatSquare> ThreatPair;

The above error occurs wherever I instantiate a ThreatPair.. I'm simply doing it like this (to try figuring out the error):

Code:

ThreatPair tp;

And the error points to the line of the default constructor of the pair template in the stl `utility` file... What's going on??? Please assist!

Looks like you declared Square inside your CMainWnd. Try declaring Square outside of CMainWnd (VC++ doesn't handle embedded class's well) or do something like this:

Code:

typedef CMainWnd::Square MySquare;

and use MySquare instead of Square.

gg

That fixed it...

Thanks much Codeplug!