Re: Can nested class members access private members of nesting class?

From: CoolPint (coolpint_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 12/14/03 

Date: 13 Dec 2003 20:39:19 -0800

jeffplus@comcast.net (Jeff) wrote in message news:<a81f684.0312131021.1cf6890c@posting.google.com>...
> Is Container the same as List? You've shown the definition of one,
> then accessed a member of the other.

Sorry about the naming. Yes, List is supposed to be Container. I made
an typing error while trying to copy and paste the section of codes.
Since I was getting confused myself, I found a simpler sample which
demonstrate the point I am trying to ask.

According to the books, the code below should not be compiled since
nested class "inner" is accessing private member of nesting class
"enclose" without being declared a friend, but my compiler doesn't say
anything.

I want to know if this is the standard behaviour and I made a wrong
interpretation of the books or it is my compiler doing something
weird.

class enclose
{
  public:
   class inner
   {
     public:
      void f(enclose *e)
      {
  e->x = 1;
  e->y = 2;
  e->z = 3;
      }
   };
   int x;
  protected:
   int y;
  private:
   int z;
};

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