Thread: Friend and namespace conflict (I think)

Study this code snippet

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class Test
{
public:
	Test(int age);
	~Test();
	friend ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, Test &returnobject);
	//{//This model works
	//	return os << returnobject.itsAge;
	//}
private:
	int itsAge;
};

Test::Test(int age):
itsAge(age)
{}

Test::~Test()
{}


ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const Test &returnobject)
{
	return os << returnobject.itsAge;
}


int main()
{
	Test testobject(90);
	cout << testobject << endl;
return 0;
}

I get an compiler error on line

Code:

return os << returnobject.itsAge;

The compiler complains that it cannot acces private members of Test! Haven´t I declared it as a friend to operator<<<<(ostream &os, const Test &returnobject) ???

After some searchresult I found this tread http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showt...threadid=29296. After changing Forkys code so it uses namespaces using namespace std; and removed all theese std:: it compiles with the same errors that I get with my code. But when I tried to change my code Forky´s way I´m still stuck with mine original errors. I´m so confused.

Are you using MSVC 6.0 ???

Yes I am. I´ve dl the service pack(ver 5) but still experiating the same problem

Code:

itsAge' : cannot access private member declared in class 'Test'

Hmm, any other suggestions???

Hehe, "Forky"! I´m really sorry I misspelled your name (twice) Fordy! It will not be repeted!