Re: Restricting access should be illegal?
Thomas Richter wrote:
Walter Bright wrote:
class A {
public:
virtual void Member() { printf("A::Member\n"); }
};
class B : public A {
private:
virtual void Member() { printf("B::Member\n"); }
};
int main()
{
B *b = new B();
// b->Member(); // error, B::Member is private
A *a = b;
a->Member(); // calls B::Member
}
Shouldn't restricting access to an overriding virtual function be an
error?
No, why? Class B could implement an interface A that is only to be
called directly thru the interface specification and not thru the
concrete implementation.
Sorry but what is the definition for the word "interface".
John Lakos defined logic/physical interfaces in his "Large-Scale C++
Software Design", if we apply his definitions here, IMHO, access
specifiers should be part of the interface. So If you changed the
access specifiers, then you did change the interfaces.
After all, we can get at it anyway via an implicit conversion.
Right, because for example B implements A, so converting B to an A
is fine.
Again, class B also changed the interface of A, and converting
B to A is fine, because now we do not have a systematical way applied
for both static and run-time checking.
Does anyone know of a legitimate design pattern that does this?
The advantage would be that anyone using the interface described by A
shall not be able to use or see the extensions defined by B. You would
be still able to use the A interface, however very explicitly and
visibly in the source by turning a B into an A.
Sorry I can not see the benefit here.
The private stuff should be separated in other place, change base A's
interface will bring us confusions and wont help too much here.
Goo
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