How to access parent class's data member from child class, when both parent and child have the same name for the dat member

Question

my scenario is as follows::

class Parent
{
public:
int x;
}

class Child:public Parent
{
int x; // Same name as Parent\'s \"x\".

void Func()
{
   this.x = Paren         


        

Answer 1

Accessing it via the scope resolution operator will work:

x = Parent::x;

However, I would question in what circumstances you want to do this. Your example uses public inheritance which models an "is-a" relationship. So, if you have objects that meet this criteria, but have the same members with different values and/or different meanings then this "is-a" relationship is misleading. There may be some fringe circumstances where this is appropriate, but I would state that they are definitely the exceptions to the rule. Whenever you find yourself doing this, think long and hard about why.