Friend Classes
Sometimes you will create classes together, as a set. These paired classes may need access to one another's private members, but you may not want to make that information public.
 | If you want to expose your private member data or functions to another class, you must declare that class to be a friend. This extends the interface of your class to include the friend class. |
It is important to note that friendship cannot be transferred. Just because you are my friend and Joe is your friend doesn't mean Joe is my friend. Friendship is not inherited, either. Again, just because you are my friend and I'm willing to share my secrets with you ...
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