A String Class question

[HybridM]

Hey all,

I'm probably missing something obvious, but why the HELL does this copy constructer work?

class StrType {
  char *p;
  int size;
public:
	StrType(const StrType &o); // copy constructor
	~StrType()		{ delete [] p; }
};

That's the class, here's the code:

StrType::StrType(const StrType &o) 
{
  size = o.size;

    p = new char[size];

  strcpy(p, o.p);
}

Now howcome the copy constructer above can access those private members of 'o'?

Thanks.

[alphaoide]

Because the copy constructor is a member function of the same class of that of 'o'

[Dante Shamest]

Because o is a StrType object. It has class scope in StrType. As long as its accessed within the class, its fine.

[HybridM]

so any member function of class X can always access any and all private members of the same class type?

[Dante Shamest]

Yes.

[HybridM]

cool, thanks.