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C++ friend function can't access private members

This is supposed to be a string class with a bunch of operators and functions, including two friend functions. And …

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Virtual friend functions for a base class?

I'm in the proccess of learning the language and this is a noob doubt. Is it possible to use a …

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Allowing a "friend" class to access only some private members

Suppose I have three C++ classes FooA, FooB and FooC. FooA has an member function named Hello, I want to …

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When to use friend class in C++

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C++ - must friend functions be defined in the header file?

I want to overload the operator << in one of my classes. The signature goes like this: friend std::…

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How to allow template function to have friend(-like) access?

How does one modify the following code to allow template function ask_runUI() to use s_EOF without making s_…

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C++ friend inheritance?

Does a subclass inherit, the main class' friend associations (both the main class' own and other classes friended with the …

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Is it possible to declare a friend function as static?

Here is some C++ example code that compiles and works fine: class A { public: A() {/* empty */} private: friend void IncrementValue(…

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Friend classes across different namespaces. Is that possible

I'm having problems trying to use the friend feature of C++. I have these interfaces: #pragma once #include "Mesh3D.…

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When should you use friend classes?

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