Thread: member access and inheritance

Suppose I have a class with a protected virtual function

class Super
{
protected:
virtual void Func() {}
};

You inherit publicly from this class and override Func, but now in the public section.

class Sub : public Super
{
public:
virtual void Func() {}
};

Has the access modifier changed then or can't you change those?

Changed based on the class object.

Kuphryn

I think your Inheritance 101 isn't quite right:

Inheritance 101:

Super class to public Derived class

public = stays public
protected = stays protected
private = completely inaccessible (private to Super class).


Super class to protected Derived class

public = protected
protected = protected
private = completely inaccessible (private to Super class).


Super class to private Derived class

public = private
protected = private
private = completely inaccessible (private to Super class).

Of course, that all becomes irrelevant in the OP's case, since the protected virtual function was overridden as a public function.