"Andy White" <brighamandrew@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ZO%2e.7039$eK6.1281@fe02.lga...
> If I have a class:
>
> class IntArray
> {
>     public:
>         //.... Various members
>     private:
>         int _size;
>         //.. other data members
> };
>
> I have a copy constructor:
>
> IntArray::IntArray(const IntArray &rhs)

I think the line above should give you a clue :)
Think about that line for a few moments.

> {
>     _size = rhs._size;    //I don't understand why this works since rhs is
> another object and
>                                   //_size is private. How can the private
> data of this object be accessed?
>     //other code
> }
>
>

HTH
Vince Morgan


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