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What is the benefit of private struct member??!!
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Cagliostro
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is the same benefit like having local variables in a functions John Fill
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Cagliostro
Programmer
it is possible in C++ only.
struct x
{
private:
//private members here
public:
//public members here
}; John Fill
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struct x
{
private:
//private members here
public:
//public members here
}; John Fill
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Zyrenthian
Programmer
My understanding of a struct was that everything was public. The definition of a struct that I got was it was a class with everything public but retained the size of only the data within. I have never used private in a struct but if private is allowed in a struct, john's suggestion above will do it.
matt
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In C++ a struct is essentially the same thing as a class. You can created methods for the struct, both public and private as well as public and private data. The usage allows for encapsulation in a struct. However, the main uses in C++ for a struct are for compatability with C programs and creating structures with publicly accessable data.
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