Inheritance for private member

Question

As far as I know , private embers of base class are not accessible in derived class... I heard (very first time) that private member are inherited , but those are not accessible... is this true? if those are inherited but not accessible, then what is the usecase of this scenario?

Answer 1

yes it is true thing private members are inherited.

here is the code of verification. I have verified by printing the size of object.

https://code.sololearn.com/cbOD6FCQxDi8/?ref=app

also private members arenot accessible in derived class.

it is programmers responsibility to design a robust code and accordingly put a decision to take private data members.

Answer 2

Ketan Lalcheta man a big salute to you. You have earned 48k xp in c++.

Answer 3

great to know this.... never thought about this anytime before...