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From: porton@ex-code.com (Victor Porton)
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Subject: Re: compiler hangs on circular type dependency
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In article <OI5X9.76286$1q3.11915@sccrnsc01>,
	tmoran@acm.org writes:
>> >     type B is new A with private;
>> > private
>> >     type B is new C with null record;
>>...
>> A type shall be completely defined (see 3.11.1) prior to being specified
>>...
>> Your private definitions violate this rule.
>   The private definition of B also contradicts the public one.

No, in private a base type can be replaced to its derivative.