What is forward declaration in c++? [duplicate]

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Chad has given a pretty good dictionary definition. Forward declarations are often used in C++ to deal with circular relationships. For example:

class B; // Forward declaration

class A
{
    B* b;
};

class B
{
    A* a;
};

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