I'm *positive* someone has asked this before...but I couldn't find it in the search, sorry, so I'm asking again.

I have a base class called Object, with the following constructor:

Object.cpp:
Code:
Object::Object()
{
	burnable = false;
	edible = false;
	equipable = false;
	wearable = false;
			
	keyID = -1;  // not a key
	lockID = -1; // not a lock
	
	name = "New Object.";
	floorDescription = "A dusty new object lies on the floor.";
}
All those variables that are modified there are PRIVATE Object variables.

Now, I have a class Container, which is an extention of Object. I do the following:

Container.h:
Code:
class Container : public Object
Container.cpp:
Code:
Container::Container()
{
	Container::Object();
	
	floorDescription = "You spy a new container lies here.";
	name = "New Container";
	isOpen = false;	
}
This is to avoid resetting all the params to default values again in the Container constrcturo. This works fine, except when I try to modify floorDescription and name (private fields in Object class), I get the following errors:

std::string Object::floorDescription' is private Object.h

std::string Object::name' is private Object.h

Any ideas?