Re: inheritance
* puzzlecracker:
On Sep 7, 4:03 pm, gw7...@aol.com wrote:
On 7 Sep, 18:04, tolkien <gvo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi!!!
I Have this:
#include<iostream.h>
class base
{
protected :
int b;
};
class derived: public base
{
private :
int d;
public:
int xxx(base k) //int xxx(derived k) works with derived
{
return b + k.b; //cannot access k.b,
}
};
Why Can't i access member b of the variable k if k is of type base?
It works fine is k is of type derived!!!
I can access b ,why can't i access k.b ??
b is protected therefore i can access it inside the derived class with
the "." operator,no?
I asked much the same question back in March. Apparently, the reason
xxx(derived k) works is beacause a class is automatically a friend of
itself, and so the derived can access the members of the other derived
k. However, derived is not a friend of base, and so xxx(base k) cannot
access the members of k. Strange but (apparently) true.
Hope that helps.
Paul.
I've have never encountered this problem, but then, I always use
accessor functions, especially in the context of derived classes.
Is this part of standard? To my knowledge, this should be allowed, and
the error is the issue with compiler, and not the programmer.
No, it's how the language works.
Recent 2008 discussion (me):
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c++.moderated/browse_thread/thread/100c8b0851250de/04fb4a8884b2d6b9#04fb4a8884b2d6b9
Older 1999 discussion with quote from CD2 (me):
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c++.moderated/browse_thread/thread/5c8243693d2592e/91e958f70c8c169d?#91e958f70c8c169d
Cheers & hth.,
- Alf
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