bruce@betsy.gps.caltech.edu (Bruce Worden) writes:

>Does a member function of
>a class have legal access to the private members of all objects of
>that class?

Yes.  In C++, protection applies to classes, not to objects.

--
Fergus Henderson - fjh@munta.cs.mu.oz.au

The following compiles just fine with two different compilers:

class R {
public:
 void dd(R *rp) { rp->a = 5; }
private:
 int a;
};

int main() {

 R r;
 R r2;
 r.dd(&r2);
 return 0;
}

which surprises me.  Maybe it shouldn't.  Does a member function of
a class have legal access to the private members of all objects of
that class?
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