Private visible?

[Bruno Medeiros]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Lucas Goss wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>
>>> Sometimes it is valuable to be able to say "you can't do this 
>>> operation with this type". I don't see why this ability should be 
>>> restricted to C++.
>>
>> Can someone come up with an example or explain why this would be 
>> valuable? To make sure we're on the same page, we're talking about:
>>
>> ----
>> class Base {
>>   public:
>>     virtual int Number() = 0;
>> };
>> ...
>> class Child : public Base {
>>   private:
>>     int Number() { return 1; }
>> };
> 
> I think it's a bug that the compiler allows this. It should be illegal 
> code, because it breaks encapsulation.

Good. That should be documented in the spec then, that isn't mentioned 
anywhere, as far as we know.

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