Michael Nissim wrote:
>
> Can a friend function use member functions, or does it only have access to
> private member variables?

Yes, it can use member functions.
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Michael Nissim wrote
> Can a friend function use member functions, or does it only have access
to
> private member variables?

A friend can access any private or protected part.  Questions of this
nature are easily answered by experimentation.  If I were you, the first
thing I would have done it try it.  I whipped you up an example, because it
was too fun not too  :)

#include <iostream.h>

class Girl; // forward declaration

class Boy
{
private:
 // only boys know this secret
 int NumFamilyJewels ()
 {
  return 2;
 }

 // well, only boys and their girlfriends...
 friend Girl;
};

class Girl
{
public:
 int Grope (Boy & boy)
 {
  // see? a Girl can access a Boy's private parts...
  return boy.NumFamilyJewels();
 }
};

int main()
{
 Boy fred;
 Girl sue;

 cout << "Fred has " << sue.Grope (fred) << " family jewels" << endl;

 return 0;
}
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Hallo Alex!

> Can a friend function use member functions, or does it only have access=
 to
> private member variables?

A function that is a friend to a class A is allowed to use all of A's mem=
bers,
also its member functions.

Bj=F6rn
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Can a friend function use member functions, or does it only have access to
private member variables?

Thanks, Alex
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In article <7eihuo$16b$2@news2.inter.net.il>,
Michael Nissim <arnessim@inter.net.il> wrote:
>Can a friend function use member functions, or does it only have access to
>private member variables?

A friend function has all the same access as a member function, so it can
access all private members.

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On 10 Apr 99 04:36:11 GMT, "Michael Nissim" <arnessim@inter.net.il>
wrote:

>Can a friend function use member functions, or does it only have access to
>private member variables?

A friend can use any member of the class, functions included.
Of course, you must provide an object of that class to call/access
non-static members.

ashley
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