Re: [Boost-users] [test] testing protected/private methods out of test suits

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:44:01PM -0600, Robert Mecklenburg wrote:

I would swear that the standard indicated that public/private had no effect on visibility, just accessibility. That is, changing a symbol's access from private to public did not change the meaning of a program. Stroustrup uses such language in the D&E of C++.

I recall somewhat vaguely a similar discussion on comp.lang.c++.moderated where the conclusion was that redefining keywords such as public/private via preprocessor macros leads to undefined behavior. I don't think that MS violates the standard with this particular behavior.