Top "Access-specifier" questions

Why would a virtual function be private?

I just spotted this in some code: class Foo { [...] private: virtual void Bar() = 0; [...] } Does this have any purpose? (I am …

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Calling a private instance method from a class method in Ruby

Can I create a private instance method that can be called by a class method? class Foo def initialize(n) @…

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Public vs Private inner classes in Java

I was reading introduction to Java programming and it does not have a good explanation regarding this topic and it …

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Why == overloading can access private members of argument

Possible Duplicate: why private value of the obj can be changed by class instance? Consider the following (partial) code: class …

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How do I dynamically define a method as private?

This does not seem to work: class Test private define_method :private_method do "uh!" end end puts Test.new.…

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Why access specifiers can't be used for variables declared inside method in a Java Class?

Why we can't use access specifiers for variables declared inside method in a Java Class?

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Can I access a base classes protected members from a static function in a derived class?

I have a program where I need to make a base class which is shared between a dll and some …

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