Is friendship inherited in C++?

Question

Suppose I have a Base class:

class Base {
    friend SomeOtherClass;
};

And there is another (different) class that inherits from

Answer 1

No it isn't, as documented here: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/friends.html#faq-14.4

Answer 2

In principle, a derived class inherits every member of a base class except:

* its constructor and its destructor
* its operator=() members
* its friends

So, no. Friends are not inherited.

Answer 3

No it isn't.

Edit: To quote from the C++ Standard, section 11.4/8

Friendship is neither inherited nor transitive.