What does "class MyClass : public X" mean in C++?

Question

I have seen this many times and I can't describe it well enough to google search it:

What is the difference between "Foo" and "Bar" in the following code sample?

class Base {
public:
    Base(){}
    ~Base(){}
};

class Foo : Base {

};

class Bar : public Base {

};

What is this distinction called?

This is called "inheritance", details can be found [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list) — M.M, Sep 09 '16 at 00:54

score -1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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The answer is that it is called "public base class".

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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answered Sep 09 '16 at 01:00

Dmytro

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