HI neil.

This is a reply to your original question, mainly because the responses you
got confused me.

I commented out the includes and stuck all the code in a single file
(because it was easier tio test that way)  it seemed to compile alright
except for the last line.

 NH> b_class = new b_class(1, this);

that line won't work by itself - ity neeeds to be inside an A_class member
function - giove an example of how you wanted to use it.

 NH> The problem I'm having is that my compiler gives the first error
 NH> as: 'a_class':  missing decl-specifiers.

the first error I got was about the line above, if you're compine different
code than what you're giving us that cooul dexplain the differences

 NH> My questions are:  "What are decl-specifiers?".

      I don't have a copy of the standard here.

 NH> "What did I do wrong here?".

tc++ (tc++ 1.0 lite) complains that you're using "this" outside of member
function.

djgpp (GCC 2.81) thinks you should use a different name for the object
(left of the = in that same line) when I fixed that it complained about
"this" again

I think you need to post an example with more flesh.

I find haviong two different compiilers handy as I can get a second opinion
:)

 -=> Bye <=-
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