[Dev-C++] C++ standard - Nesting classes.

[Jason H. <jas...@bt...>]

Hi,

In a project I have been working on I have nested some classes within a main
class that provides an overall functionality. I wanted to make these
internal classes inaccessible to anyone using the main class. I had hoped
that putting them in a private or protected area of the main class it would
stop outside access, but this doesn't seem to work in Dev-C++ (MinGW). Does
anyone know if that is standard C++ behaviour? None of my C++ books say
anything about access specifiers and nested classes, and they say pretty
little about nested classes full-stop. It could reasonally be that only data
and methods are affected by access specifiers, but it's hard for me to be
sure.

I am now looking for an alternative way of hiding those classes, although I
have found some interesting options in using an implementation namespace, I
am still interesting in hearing any other ideas?

Thanx, Jason.