◄Up► ◄Contents► ◄Index► ◄Back► ─────C/C++ Language───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Keyword: public Syntax: public: [member-list] public base-class Summary: When preceding a list of class members, specifies that those members are accessible from any function. Applies to all members declared up to the next access specifier or the end of the class. When preceding the name of a base class, specifies that the public and protected members of the base class are public and protected members, respectively, of the derived class. See also: private, protected, friend ◄Table of Access Privileges► Default access of members in a class is private. Default access of members in a structure or union is public. Default access of a base class is private for classes and public for structures. Unions cannot have base classes. Example class BaseClass { public: int pubFunc(); }; class DerivedClass : public BaseClass { }; void main() { BaseClass aBase; DerivedClass aDerived; aBase.pubFunc(); // pubFunc() is accessible // from any function aDerived.pubFunc(); // pubFunc() is still public in // derived class } -♦-