In the paragraph #3 of the section "9.7.1.2 Namespace member definitions: there is the following example relative to friend function declarations.

namespace A {
   class X {
      friend void f(X); // A::f(X) is a friend
      class Y {
         friend void g(); // A::g is a friend
         friend void h(int); // A::h is a friend
                                    // ::h not considered
         friend void f2<>(int); // ::f2<>(int) is a friend
      };
};

// A::f, A::g and A::h are not visible here X x;
void g() { f(x); } // definition of A::g
void f(X) { /* ... */ } // definition of A::f
//...

However the definition of the friend function g is incorrect because the friend function f is not yet visible

I think the definitions should be exchanged

void f(X) { /* ... */ } // definition of A::f
void g() { f(x); } // definition of A::g

With best regards,
(Vlad from Moscow)

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