Here the lines from September DWP, 5.2.6.9:

 [Example:
class A { virtual void f(); };
class B { virtual void g(); };
class D : public virtual A, private B {};
void g()
{
    D   d;
    B*  bp = (B*)&d;  // cast needed to break protection
...

Does "cast needed to break protection" mean that in this case it is possible
to get access to the private base class by simple cast expression?

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boukanov@sentef1.fi.uib.no (Igor Boukanov) writes:

>Here the lines from September DWP, 5.2.6.9:
>
>class D : public virtual A, private B {};
>void g()
>{
>    D   d;
>    B*  bp = (B*)&d;  // cast needed to break protection
>...
>
>Does "cast needed to break protection" mean that in this case it is possible
>to get access to the private base class by simple cast expression?

Yes.