I will give full details about my compiler version at the end of this message.
piece of code I tried to run: 1 2 3 #include <iostream> 4 5 using namespace std; 6 7 8 9 10 11 class A { 12 friend class AOnClick; 13 private: 14 int g; 15 public: 16 A(){ r = 300 ; g=20;}; 17 ~A(){}; 18 int r; 19 }; 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 int main() { 27 A a; 28 29 class AOnClick { 30 friend class A; 31 public: 32 AOnClick(A* a1) { cout<<a1->g;} ; 33 ~AOnClick() {}; 34 } aonclick(&a); 35 36 return 0; 37 } The message I receieved: implementation_outside.cpp: In function int main(): implementation_outside.cpp:32: internal compiler error: in lookup_name_real, at cp/name-lookup.c:4010 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. For Debian GNU/Linux specific bug reporting instructions, see <URL:file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.1/README.Bugs>. Preprocessed source stored into /tmp/ccgvFQ3G.out file, please attach this to your bugreport. The full details about the compiler I'm using: Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --with-tune=i686 --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21) -- Summary: friend class expected to have access over a class-es private members but doesn't and gives "internal compile error" Product: gcc Version: 4.1.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: major Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: stefan dot petrea at gmail dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37570