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tired fulcrum Sep 16, 2025, 2:05 AM

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A while ago I was told to look at nested classes as if they were just two separate classes which make sense since they don’t automatically access specifics of the other class without being passed in. Now that I am thinking about it, if I have an inner and an outer class, would outer be able to inherit inner? It wouldn’t right, so technically it’s not exactly right too look at it as two separate classes?

reef prawnBOT Sep 16, 2025, 2:05 AM

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potent orchid Sep 16, 2025, 2:11 AM

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Nested classes are typically used to not pollute the namespace and hide implementation details, they dont inherit in any order they are just access restricted classes in a sense

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Sorry it seems like i misunderstood the question about whether or not they can inherit the inner class, maybe this thread can help with that https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1485985/can-a-nested-c-class-inherit-its-enclosing-class

Stack Overflow

Can a nested C++ class inherit its enclosing class?

I’m trying to do the following:

class Animal
{
class Bear : public Animal
{
// …
};

class Giraffe : public Animal
{
    // …
};

};
… but my compiler appears to...

summer magnet Sep 16, 2025, 2:39 PM

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tired fulcrum A while ago I was told to look at nested classes as if they were just two separa...

for a nested class, the outer class just acts like a namespace

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