Re: Why friendship not applicable to function arguments
Ninan wrote:
When compiling using gcc 2.95.3, I get the following error for the
code snippet posted below.
bash-2.03$ g++ membAccess.C
membAccess.C: In function `int main()':
membAccess.C:13: `struct A B::m_a' is private
membAccess.C:38: within this context
Is this how it is supposed to work or is this a compiler specific issue
1 #include <iostream>
2
3
4 struct A
5 {
6 int y;
7 };
8
9 void useAalter (A* pA);
10 class B
11 {
12
13 A m_a;
14 public:
15 B (A& a)
16 {
17 m_a = a;
18 }
19 A* getA () { return &m_a;}
20 friend void useAalter(A*pA);
21 };
Because useAalter is a friend of class B, it is allowed to access
private members in that class.
28 void useAalter (A* pA)
29 {
30 std::cout << pA->y << std::endl;
31 }
But useAalter does not actually access anything in class B. This
function makes no use of its frienship to B whatsoever. It accesses the
identifier A::y. This is allowed because y is public in struct A.
32
33 int main ()
34 {
35 A a = {45};
36 B bInst (a);
37 useA (bInst.getA());
38 useAalter (&(bInst.m_a)) ;
39 }
Here, it is the function main which accesse the name B::m_a in line 38.
Since main isn't a friend of the class B and m_a is private, this
doesn't work.
Access protection is concerned with name lookups, not pointer
dereferences.
The function useAalter has no idea that the A * which it is working
with is in fact B::m_a. It could be any A struct whatsoever:
A a = { 45 };
useAalter(&a); // nothing to do with any B object
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