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a derived class might have access to private jvm web hosting stuff through friend…

Might.

PsyMar, I just remembered, I was unfair. I said way back that his code looked more like C, he's in ##c because of me, damn. Just setting the record straight, he does care

well if you were aiming for a complete answer…

yes. you can only call the constructor of the base class in the constructor-initializer-list . in the constructor-body, you are allowed to call any function from the base as long as they are at least protected

ok, I'll admit, that didn't occur to me.
You can also change members from the base if they are protected or public
and call functions and edit members if they are private but your derived class is a friend

http://rafb.net/p/C7xaoV76.html i just finished copy and paste

do you mean to pass in a string of 5 characters or an array of strings?

The second will not work. You can not call a constructor outside of the : because the base class object has already been constructed

also you are allowed to call any static method from base as long as they are at least protected, form the initializer-list of the ctor

hmm, is there a way to check wether an iterator (std