On what grounds? It does not violate encapsulation. Use of "friend" can be justified, if you need to grant access to a class or function. Friend classes can be justified if they are meant to be coupled (any changes to one class implies changes to another class as well).Originally Posted by std10093
I have in mind what grumpy said its 1st paragraph. I suppose that we should design our code, like if it was to be handled by 100 programmers, even though it may be just for fun. That way, when the time comes for big projects, you are going to be prepared
Code - functions and small libraries I use
It’s 2014 and I still use printf() for debugging.
"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. " —Harold Abelson
Nowhere did I say that friend classes are bad (or not good) things. I said, in effect, that it is best to grant no more access to data within objects than needed. Friend declarations - be they of friend functions, friend classes, or friend member functions - provide a means for selectively grant access.
