Miscellaneous-NoFriendClass

Friend type declarations shall not be used

Required inputs: IR

Do not use friend type declarations.

Example

class A {};

class B { friend class A; };  // Non-Compliant

class C
  {
    friend C f( void );      // Compliant - not a type declaration
  };

Possible Messages

Key	Text	Severity	Disabled
friend_class	Do not use friend type declarations.	None	False

Options

• This rule shares the following common options: exclude_in_macros, exclude_messages_in_system_headers, excludes, extend_exclude_to_macro_invocations, includes, justification_checker, languages, post_processing, provider, report_at, severity

• The following places define options that affect this rule: Stylechecks, Analysis-GlobalOptions

• This rule has no individual options.