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    Friend Function

    What is the purpose of friend function, I know it has access to the private section. But what is it the difference between it and using a class member function?

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    That's what I said, but what its point since I can just use a class member function ?

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    Hey Such, on that article he posted, scroll down till you see:
    [14.5] Should my class declare a member function or a friend function?

    Is that what you are looking for?

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    Dave_Sinkula's link has more information on your question.

    In short, you cannot always use a class member function, as is the case with operator<<. Also, classes can be friends, and you cannot nest a class inside more than one other class.

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    Yeah thats it, I did not even knew that it was a link.

    Thanks

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