CS202 3- ‹#›
Single Inheritance
nDerived classes do not have access to a base class' private data and member functions, even though they are inherited.
nEven though memory is
allocated for such data members,
they may only be accessed from members within the base class itself (or friends).
nThis is important because
giving any other class (besides
a friend) access to private information would compromise our ability to ensure data hiding and encapsulation.
nSuch a compromise would
decrease the value of programming
with objects.