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We have discussed a similar topic in Java here. Unlike Java, C++ allows to give more restrictive access to derived class methods. For example the following program compiles fine.
In the above program, if we change main() to following, will get compiler error because fun() is private in derived class.
What about the below program?
Output:
Derived::fun(int x) called
In the above program, private function "Derived::fun(int )" is being called through a base class pointer, the program works fine because fun() is public in base class. Access specifiers are checked at compile time and fun() is public in base class. At run time, only the function corresponding to the pointed object is called and access specifier is not checked. So a private function of derived class is being called through a pointer of base class.