Why can't I declare a friend through a typedef?

Question

Does anyone know why typedefs of class names don\'t work like class names for the friend declaration?

class A
{
public:
};

class B : public A
{
public:
   t         


        

Answer 1

I tried in the VC++ 8.0 the code:

...
class C
{
public:
  friend class A;       
  friend X;             
  friend B::SUPERCLASS; 
};
...

It is compiled without errors.

I am not aware whether it MS specific or not.