ANSWERED Simple C++ question: friends and inheritance

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1 comment, last by Andorien 16 years, 10 months ago

139

Author

June 23, 2007 07:24 PM

Suppose I have 3 classes: A, B, and C. B is publicly derived from A, and C says A is a friend class. So far, everything looks like so:

class A
{
};

class B : public A
{
};

class C
{
   private:
      friend class A;
};

My question is: can class B access the private members in class C? [Edited by - Andorien on June 23, 2007 9:08:06 PM]

2,410

June 23, 2007 07:29 PM

No.

friend declaration applies only to specific class - it doesn't apply to inheritance.

139

Author

June 23, 2007 07:33 PM

Good to know, thank you.

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