From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2025-01-15 20:03:31
Matt Borland wrote:
> > namespace boost {
> > namespace decimal {
> >
>
> > // Paragraph numbers are from ISO/IEC DTR 24733
> >
>
> > // 3.2.2.1 construct/copy/destroy
> > constexpr decimal32() noexcept = default;
> >
>
> > This doesn't compile. "class decimal32 {" is missing.
> >
>
>
> It was previously described here:
> https://cppalliance.org/decimal/decimal.html#generic_decimal_ so I did not
> duplicate anything from that block.
It doesn't compile.
The synopsis must be valid C++. Just because you have a forward declaration
class decimal32;
doesn't mean that you can just start writing member declarations directly
in the namespace and expect anything to compile or make sense.