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class Base
{
protected:
int var;
};

class ChildB : public Base
{};

class ChildA : public Base
{
void foo( ChildB* B )
{
var = B->var; C2248..
}
};

why I can not process ChildB's member var ??

"Zealot" <> wrote in message
news:cijcan$18oh$...
> class Base
> {
> protected:
> int var;
> };
>
> class ChildB : public Base
> {};
>
> class ChildA : public Base
> {
> void foo( ChildB* B )
> {
> var = B->var; C2248..
> }
> };
>
> why I can not process ChildB's member var ??
>

Because ChildB is not derived from ChildA. Access to protected members from
a derived class must be made through a pointer to, reference to, or object
of the derived class itself (or any class derived from that class).

Using your previous code for Base and ChildB

class ChildC : public ChildA {};

class ChildA : public Base
{
void foo(ChildA* a, ChildB* b ChildC* c)
{
a->var; // fine
b->var; // error
c->var; // fine
}
};

john

Because only derived class members has rights to access protected members of a base class :

class base
{
protected:
int v;
};
class der : public base
{
public:
void foo(der *other)
{
this->v = 10; // ok
other->v = 10; // error
}
};

"áÎÁÔÏÌÉÊ ûÉÒÏËÏ×" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Because only derived class members has rights to access protected members
> of a base class :
>
> class base
> {
> protected:
> int v;
> };
> class der : public base
> {
> public:
> void foo(der *other)
> {
> this->v = 10; // ok
> other->v = 10; // error
> }
> };

No, that isn't correct. Try compiling it, no compile errors.

john