On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Simon Hausmann wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 11:21:50AM +0200, Bernd Gehrmann wrote:
> > On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> >  
> > > Methods being declared private in a class can still be accessed using #define private public
> > > hacks. 
> > 
> > Only if you have a very non-standard understanding of the word "can".
> 
> Yes ;-) This understanding does not include the word "design" :-)

That's what you have mentioned before. The other issue is compatibility.
If you make use of internals of a class, your code will likely break
with a later version of that library. That's the whole point of 
encapsulation. 

Bernd.