can class inherit struct in C++?

Question

I have the following code in c++:

typedef struct
{
   int a;
   int b;
   float c;
} Data;

class DataInfo : public Data
{
   // some code here
};

my question is can class inherit struct in C++? how this happens?

@user2131316 The only difference between a `struct` and a `class` is that the members of a `class` is `private` by default whereas the members of a `struct` are `public` by default. Same thing goes for inherritance — olevegard, Aug 26 '13 at 13:09
@user2131316: history. To make C's `struct`s classes they are just treated the same except that everything in a `struct` is `public` by default while in a class everything is `private` by default. — Dietmar Kühl, Aug 26 '13 at 13:10
@user2131316 It's a tiny difference, and if you state access modifier explicitly, it's totally insignificant. — olevegard, Aug 26 '13 at 13:11
@user2131316 They are. Both the `class` and `struct` keywords are used to declare and define **classes**. The definitions look different, but the entities they define behave in indistiguishable manner. — R. Martinho Fernandes, Aug 26 '13 at 13:11
@user2131316 they are essentially the same. You can write exactly the same types using either. You can forward declare something as a `struct` and then define it as a `class`. Or vice versa. — juanchopanza, Aug 26 '13 at 13:12
Please don't use the nasty `typedef struct {} Name` construct. It's ugly and unnecesarry! — John Dibling, Aug 26 '13 at 13:13
It's unnecesarry because it gets you exactly *nothing*. Just do `struct Name {};` instead. — John Dibling, Aug 26 '13 at 13:42

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '13 at 13:10

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struct is included in C++ to provide complitability with C. It has same functionality as class, but members in struct are public by default. So you can inherit class from struct and do the same in reverse.

answered Aug 26 '13 at 13:10

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