Class syntax

From C Plus Plus

[edit] Class basics

In C++, a class is an aggregate of methods and variables. Both may be of two kinds: instance and class (the later also referred as static). A class is defined using this syntax:

 class-decl = class class-name 
              [ : base-list]
              
              { (visibility-poster :|member-definition)*  }
 
 class-name = 'non-qualified-identifier'
 
 base-list = ([ visibility-poster ] base-class-name)+
 
 visibility_poster = public | protected | private

as in the following example:

 class great_foo:
         public foo
 {
         public:
         //Public member definitions here...
         private:
         //Private member definitions here...
         
 }
  

The visibility declarations (referred here as "posters") have two distinct meanings. One, for base class-listing (the inheritance of the class being declared), and one for member definitions.

[edit] Base class declaration

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