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From: Valentin.Bonnard@free.fr (Valentin Bonnard)
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Subject: Re: Omitting the access specifier of a base class
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Sungbom Kim  wrote:

> The most common form is, I think:
> 
> class Derived : public Base
> {
> public:
>     // interface for "the general public"
> protected:
>     // interface for derived classes (if any)
> private:
>     // implementation detail
> };
> 
>> > Actually not very much is saved by omitting one keyword, and anyway
>> > in most cases 'public' has to be written because the default for
>> > classes (declared 'class') are 'private'.
>> 
>> Then declare them as structs.
> 
> You wouldn't change 'class' to 'struct' just to get rid of the
> starting "public:" in the above example, would you?

I would.

	  --�VB

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