Class scope variables

[filler_bunny]

Can anyone tell me what the advantage of declaring a class as follows is?

class CQueue
{
// Class scope variables
struct Node { Item item; struct Node *next;};

private:
...
public:
...
};

What is the benefit of declaring the struct for the queue outside of the scope modifier tags? Woudln't declaring it as public be exactly the same?

[7stud]

Woudln't declaring it as public be exactly the same?

No, the default access for a class is private. So, the struct in your code is a "nested" struct within your class that has private access--so nothing outside the class can create a Node. Since a struct has a default access of public, the members inside the struct are public, and therefore they can be freely accessed by member functions of the enclosing class.

[filler_bunny]

Cheers.