Can a make a private member function a friend? The code below suggests
not. I am using g++ 4.2.3

I realise that I can make the whole CFriend class a friend, or make my
friend function public but I don't really want to do either.

thanks

dan


#include <iostream>

class CClass;

class CFriend
{
private:
CClass& my_target;
void myWork(void);
public:
CFriend(CClass& target):my_target(target){;}
virtual ~CFriend(void){;}

void work(void){return myWork();}
};

class CClass
{
private:
void doWork(void)
{
std::cout << " CClass doWork() my_val = " << my_val++ << std::endl;
}

int my_val;

public:
CClass(int val):my_val(val){;}
virtual ~CClass(void){;}

friend void CFriend::myWork(void);
};

void
CFriend::myWork(void)
{
my_target.doWork();
}

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
CClass first(1);

CFriend second(first);

second.work();
}

On Jul 7, 12:05 pm, Dan Smithers <d...@foo.netwrote:

Can a make a private member function a friend? The code below suggests
not. I am using g++ 4.2.3
>
I realise that I can make the whole CFriend class a friend, or make my
friend function public but I don't really want to do either.
>
thanks
>
dan
>
#include <iostream>
>
class CClass;
>
class CFriend
{
private:
CClass& my_target;
void myWork(void);
public:
CFriend(CClass& target):my_target(target){;}
virtual ~CFriend(void){;}
>
void work(void){return myWork();}
>
};
>
class CClass
{
private:
void doWork(void)
{
std::cout << " CClass doWork() my_val = " << my_val++ << std::endl;
}
>
int my_val;
>
public:
CClass(int val):my_val(val){;}
virtual ~CClass(void){;}
>
friend void CFriend::myWork(void);
>
};
>
void
CFriend::myWork(void)
{
my_target.doWork();
>
}
>
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
CClass first(1);
>
CFriend second(first);
>
second.work();
>
}

Member functions cannot be friends. Only classes or user-defined
functions can be used as friends.