I'm working on a program that's got 2 classes:  #1 = a node class and #2 
= a linked_list class.  The node class looks like:

class Node {
     private:
          char * SomeString;   // length determined at run-time

     public:
          void SomeFunction();
};


class linked_list {
     private:
          Node * ANode;

     public:
          void build_it();
};


file:  linked_list.cpp

void  linked_list::build_it()
{
     ANode = new Node();

I'm OK so far, so now I compute just how much space I'll need for 
SomeString.  The question I have is - how can I allocate that space?  

ANode->SomeString = new char[CalculatedNumber];

This doesn't work in build_it() because SomeString is a private variable 
in class Node.  In order to allocate the space, do I need to declare 
SomeString as protected?  Would deriving linked_list from Node allow me 
access to private variables in Node from linked_list?

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