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Derived
classes do not have access to a base class' private
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data
and member functions, even though they are inherited.
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Even
though memory is allocated for such data members,
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they
may only be accessed from members within the base
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class
itself (or friends).
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This
is important because giving any other class (besides a
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friend)
access to private information would compromise
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our
ability to ensure data hiding and encapsulation.
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Such
a compromise would decrease the value of
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programming
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