Can't acces structure in class

[Scottas]

I have defined stucture in class, example:

class my_class
{
    struct my_struct
    {
        int my_var;
    };
};

Then trying to access it:

my_class
    cclass;

class.my_struct
    sstruct;

But I get this error:

error C2274: 'function-style cast' : illegal as right side of '.' operator

What's wrong?

[zb0S216C]

The default class access-specifier is private by default. private basically means than any external modification is disallowed. Adding public: before my_struct will fix the problem. public: indicates that any members below it are accessible to anything outside the class.

References:
Access-Specifiers: http://www.learncpp.com/cpp-tutorial/115-inheritance-and-access-specifiers/

_Wazzak

[Scottas]

Sorry, I forgot to write, that I have specified 'public'.

[zb0S216C]

Are you trying to instantiate my_struct? If so, then you need to use the scope resolution operator (::). For example:

int main( )
{
    my_class::my_struct InstanceName;
}

Here, you're telling the compiler that my_struct resides within my_class, not within an instantiation of my_class. The member operator (.) is used to access members of an instantiated class, not the base class.

_Wazzak

[Scottas]

Thanks.