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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: derivation from structs
Message-ID: <9353@alice.UUCP>
Date: 13 May 89 19:26:49 GMT
References: <7103@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner NJ
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In article <7103@saturn.ucsc.edu>, daniel@saturn.ucsc.edu (Daniel Edelson) writes:
> Does derivation from structs rather than classes default
> to public rather than private, as it is for classes?

> How about if the struct contains a private part?

Saying

	struct X { /* stuff */ };

is precisely equivalent to saying

	class X { public: /* stuff */ };

and saying

	struct Y: X { /* stuff */ };

is precisely equivalent to saying

	class Y: public X { public: /* stuff */ };

Whether you said struct or class when defining X is invisible to
any class derived from X.  The only thing that matters is the
actual visibilities that result.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com