Are private class members inherited ?

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Hi Everyone,

I know that the scope of the private member is with in a class,but when we inherit a class which has both public and private members ,Do the
private members also get inherited...I am asking this since i have read in a website that private members are inherited but they are not accessible..Is it ture?

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Chaithanya M

Posted 22-Apr-11 18:42pm

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 1 · 2011-04-22T18:56:00

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Do the private members also get inherited
Yes they are inherited, but they are not accesible.

If needed, full details are here: MSDN: Inheritance (C# Programming Guide): Derived Class Access to Base Class Members[^]

Posted 22-Apr-11 18:56pm

Sandeep Mewara

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 23-Apr-11 1:21am

Hard to explain so basic things... a 5.
--SA

Sandeep Mewara 23-Apr-11 1:36am

Yep! Thanks SA.