Originally posted by Klashe:
A private member cannot participate in inheritance. Only protected members can.

Example:

Class X:{

Protected:
Int I;
Int J;

Private:
Int L;

Public:
Void get_ij();
Void put_ij();
};

Class Y : public X {

Int k;
Public:
Int get_k;
Void make K;
};


Here class Y has access to I and J in class X because they are protected. But Y does not have access to L, because it is private to class X.
Oh yeah, and ignore the caps in that last post.