Namespace problems

Question

So I am getting the following errors:

..\Actor.h:35: error: `Attack' is not a member of `RadiantFlux'
..\Actor.h:35: error: template argument 1 is invalid
..\Actor.h:35: error: template argument 2 is invalid
..\Actor.h:35: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `attacks' with no type

On this line (among others):

std::vector<RadiantFlux::Attack> attacks;

Here are the relevant files:

Actor.h:

#ifndef ACTOR_H_
#define ACTOR_H_

#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include "Attack.h"

namespace RadiantFlux {

...

class Actor {
private:
    std::string name;
    int health;
    std::vector<RadiantFlux::Attack> attacks;
    Attributes attributes;

public:
    ...
};

}

#endif /* ACTOR_H_ */

Attack.h:

#ifndef ATTACK_H_
#define ATTACK_H_

#include <string>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include "Actor.h"

namespace RadiantFlux {

... 

class Attack {
private:
    ...

public:
    ...
};

}

#endif /* ATTACK_H_ */

Why am I getting these errors and what can I do to fix them? I am assuming it has something to do with the namespaces...

Answer 1

You have a cyclic dependency of your header files.
Attack.h includes Actor.h and vice versa.
Use Forward Declaration of class to avoid circular dependency problems.

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Since the OP's comments, here is what needs to be done:

class Actor;

class Attack
{

};

If your code fails to compile after doing this, You need to read the linked answer and Understand why the error and how to solve it. The linked answer explains it all.