Re: C++ Blues.

[nj.lee@kiwa.co.nz (Nicholas Lee)]

>I am not sure that is the case, however at the same time I am sure that
>Stroustrup, et al did this for a good reason, if indeed this behavior is
>in the standard. I have been unable to find anything on the topic in his
>book "C++ Programming Language" 3rd Edition.


Actually it's useful for things like:

Class A {public: void foo(){/* something interesting */};};
Class B : 
public Class A {private void foo(); /* don't want A::foo() public in Class
B*/};

Nicholas

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