compile error with inline/non-inline function

oontvoo (40)
I have a class with an enum and a simple method like this;

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class MyClass
{
	enum Code { A, H, M, Q, S};


	Code foo( char ch)
	{
		switch (ch)
		{
		case 'A': return A;
		case 'M': return M;
		case 'Q': return Q;
		case 'S': return S;
		default : return H;
		}
	}

	

public:
	MyClass(){}
	
};


If I define 
Foo( char ch )
inside the class, then everything seems OK. At least, I can compile the code normally. But if I move the body of the function outside of the class,

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class MyClass
{
	enum Code { A, H, M, Q, S};

	Code foo( char ch);

	

public:
	MyClass(){}
	
};

Code MyClass::foo( char ch )
{
	switch (ch)
	{
	case 'A': return A;
	case 'M': return M;
	case 'Q': return Q;
	case 'S': return S;
	default : return H;
	}
}


I'll get a bunch of nonsense compile errors like "missing ; before...", etc.
So does anyone know why this happens?

guestgulkan (2942)
It's your code that is nonsense (as far as the compiler is concerned)
boolivar (27)
Remember that classes in C++ are also scopes.
Here declaration of Code enum has MyClass scope:

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class MyClass
{
	enum Code { A, H, M, Q, S};	
};


Use scope resolution operator:

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MyClass::Code MyClass::foo( char ch )
{
	switch (ch)
	{
	case 'A': return A;
	case 'M': return M;
	case 'Q': return Q;
	case 'S': return S;
	default : return H;
	}
}
oontvoo (40)
Ok, thanks, Boolivar!
wellman (3)
because MyClass::foo can not see the Code
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