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Aug 20, 2021 at 7:13 comment added thomasrutter In terms of "bypassing the security", they can only be declared to be friends inside the scope of the class definition, which is the same as methods really - and their ability to see private members inside the class is also the same as for methods. So it's for giving functions which aren't called in the same was as a method the ability to see inside objects of a class in the same way as a method.
Sep 8, 2011 at 16:03 vote accept nikhil
Sep 7, 2011 at 20:53 answer added Gnawme timeline score: 2
Sep 5, 2011 at 20:04 answer added anon timeline score: 1
Sep 5, 2011 at 5:34 answer added fredoverflow timeline score: 7
Sep 4, 2011 at 19:58 comment added Loki Astari see: programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/99589/…
Sep 4, 2011 at 18:56 comment added nikhil @all : Awesome answers and comments, This is such a great way to learn, there's no way i'd have learned about friends in such details in a textbook.
Sep 4, 2011 at 18:29 answer added kevin cline timeline score: 17
Sep 4, 2011 at 16:54 answer added Emilio Garavaglia timeline score: 5
Sep 4, 2011 at 10:26 answer added DeadMG timeline score: 19
Sep 4, 2011 at 9:30 answer added tp1 timeline score: -2
Sep 4, 2011 at 8:20 history edited Falcon
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Sep 4, 2011 at 8:12 answer added J.K. timeline score: 4
Sep 4, 2011 at 7:57 history asked nikhil CC BY-SA 3.0