在同一个头文件中定义底层的顶层初始化一个 class

Initialize a class on top level that's defined bottom level in the same header file

可能是个愚蠢的问题。很抱歉,但我想执行以下操作,

connectionState currentState;

class connectionState {
    public:
        .......
        .......
};

相当

class connectionState {
    public:
        .......
        .......
};

connectionState currentState;

前者根本不编译而后者编译。那么,没有办法做到这一点?

对此有前瞻性声明。前向声明也解决了循环依赖的问题:

class connectionState; // forward class declaration
extern connectionState currentState; // forward global extern variable declaration, now possible because connectionState is declared as a typename/class name
static connectionState currentState; // forward global static variable declaration 

class connectionState { ... }; // implementation/definition, can access currentState
connectionState currentState = ...; // definition/initialization
connectionState currentState {...}; // definition/initialization