Derived class Private method is getting called

Question

I have a Base class pointer pointing to derived class object. The method foo() is public in base class but private in derived class. Base class foo() is virtual. So when i c

Answer 1

It's private method, but since it's virtual - it can be called.

n3690 11.5/1

The access rules (Clause 11) for a virtual function are determined by its declaration and are not affected by the rules for a function that later overrides it.

Why this? Since

n3690 11.5/2

Access is checked at the call point using the type of the expression used to denote the object for which the member function is called (B* in the example above). The access of the member function in the class in which it was defined (D in the example above) is in general not known.