Why can't I access a protected member from an instance of a derived class?

Question

I haven\'t done C++ in a while and can\'t figure out why following doesn\'t work:

class A {
protected:
  int num;
};

class B : public A {
};

main () {
  B          


        

Answer 1

You are seeing exactly what's expected. Try this - http://www.learncpp.com/cpp-tutorial/115-inheritance-and-access-specifiers/ for info on inheritance access specifiers.