Re: derived class can not access base class protected member?

Hi Peter,

I am not invoking foo in derived class, the error occurs when I invoke
destructor (protected, by using the statement delete b below). I am confused
why I can not access the protected method of base class in derived class?

void goo()
{
base* b = new derived;
delete b; // error in this line
}


have a good weekend,
George

"Peter Oliphant" wrote:

private:
void foo()

Because foo( ) is defined as PRIVATE (not protected) in the base class
(typo?)... ;)

[==Peter==]

"George" <George@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D783AA73-AC91-45C2-B534-112BEFEC3BAA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello everyone,


I met with a strange issue that derived class function can not access base
class's protected member. Do you know why?

Here is the error message and code.

[Code]
error C2248: 'base::~base' : cannot access protected member declared in
class 'base'
[/Code]

[Code]
class base
{
protected:
~base() {}
private:
void foo()
{
base* b = new base;
delete b;
}
};

class derived : public base
{
public:
~derived() {}
private:
void goo()
{
base* b = new derived;
delete b; // error in this line
}
};
[/Code]


thanks in advance,
George


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