[comp.lang.c++] Friend specifier, considered

mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) (09/16/88)

classes as a scope mechanism are tied closely to classes as a data structure.
in some languages scopes and data are uncoupled, e.g. ada packages which
export type definitions.
the vector/matrix problem might be a(void)ed if a class could export both
structures.