From: iam AT not DOT you (Ken Power)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: classes
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Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:57:51 -0400, in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, DJ Delorie
<dj AT delorie DOT com> managed to squeak:

>
>> Similar yes, but with 'added' features. AFAICR, structs, in the c++
>> standard, do not support private, public, or protected features that
>> classes do. In other words:
>
>Wrong.  "struct" and "class" are *identical* except for the default
>protection.  There are no other differences between structs and
>classes.  Even the parser doesn't treat them differently.
>
>I often ask about this in interviews to see if the candidate really
>understands structs and classes in C++.  Most don't.
Ha, guess I should compare my memory versus hard fact :) Goo thing I'm
still in the learning stage, else I might be in worse trouble. Thanks
everyone for clearing my own understanding.
KP
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Ken Power
uncle_wiggly at bigfoot dot com
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