access private members in inheritance

Question

I have a class A, which have a field val declared as private. I want to declare a class B, that inherit from A and have an access to val. Is there a way to do it on C++?

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Answer 1

It is doable as describe in this Guru of the Week - GotW #76 - Uses and Abuses of Access Rights. But it's should be considered a last resort.