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In c++ you choose the default so I'm not sure it should be lumped in with the others.

• rightbyte 5y ago
  In the literal sense private is default though. I wonder why. Lexical sorting of private, protected and public? It makes almost no sense to have all private class fields and methods. The only thing I can think of is fat handles with friend classes or functions.
  • tubs 5y ago
    struct over class then.
  • andi999 5y ago
    In c++ a class declared with the keyword 'class' is private by default, and a class declared with the keyword 'struct' is public by default. So if you want public by default just write 'struct' (somehow this is not commonly known). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B_classes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B_classes
    • klodolph 5y ago
      I think the “somehow” is not too hard to guess… it is easy to think that “class” is the only way to declare a class, especially since “struct” is taken from C. I’m sure very few intro C++ explanations ever mention “struct” as a way to declare a class.
      • andi999 5y ago
        Yes, I meant common introductory material should mention (and use) it (I think Bjarne does mention it, but I wouldnt call it introductory material)
      • TillE 5y ago
        There's quite a lot about C++ which wouldn't be covered in a simple tutorial, but the meaning of class/struct is a pretty basic part of the language, hardly obscure. Maybe it's something you could miss if you're coming from a strong C background and still thinking of C++ as C-with-classes, but otherwise it's something any serious user of the language would pick up.
        • klodolph 5y ago
          This comment represents some of the worst elitism I see in the programming community.