Access to Inherited Members

Access Modes
- Three levels of protection.
  - Public
  - Protected
  - Private
- Base class members have member-access mode.
- Inheritance has an access mode.
Derived-class members have access to public and protected base class members.
Non-members have access to public base class members.

Derived-class member access to base class members:

		Base member access
		`public`	`protected`	`private`
Inheritance type	`public`	public	protected	no access
	`protected`	protected	protected	no access
	`private`	private	private	no access

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