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I know that the colon is used for inheritance. [CODE] class x { public: long y; } class Z : X { public: virtual void ret_value(y); }[/CODE] but what does this mean? [CODE]int offset:16;[/CODE] i cannot find he answer to this anywhere.

I am learning C++ .net programming and was wondering why the code for creating a messagebox is [CODE=C#]MessageBox.Show("Hello, World!");[/CODE] in C# and [CODE=C++]MessageBox::Show("Hello, World!");[/CODE] in C++. Why is the dot substituted with a double colon in the C++ code? My source: [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/nb-no/library/z9w2f38k[/url]

I just started an advanced C++ course and my instructor sent around a file with this piece of code: [code]class smallobj // specify a class { public: smallobj() : iData(0){} // Constructor smallobj(int iInValue) : iData(iInValue) {} // Overloaded Constructor ~smallobj() {} // Destructor void setdata(int d) // member function …