[comp.lang.c++] Accessing private base class members in a derived class

rfg@paris.ics.uci.edu (Ron Guilmette) (01/21/90)

// g++-01209001.bug.C

// Both g++ (1.36.1) and Cfront 2.0 flag an error on attempts to call
// a private function member of a base class from within a function
// member of a class derived from that base class.

// The cfront 2.0 manual says (10.0): "Unless redefined in the derived
// class, members of a base class can be referred to as if they were
// members of the derived class.

// Did I miss something?

class base {

private:

	void base_private (void) { }

public:

	base () {}
};

class derived : public base {

private:

      void derived_private (void) { }

public:

	void bar (void)
	{
		base base_object;
		derived derived_object;

		base_object.base_private ();		/* ERROR ??? */
		derived_object.base_private ();		/* ERROR ??? */
		derived_object.derived_private ();	/* OK */

		base_private ();			/* ERROR ??? */
		derived_private ();			/* OK */
	}
};