HB> My understanding was that "friend class ..." made ALL members 
irregardless 
HB> protection "accessible" to the friend class. I've had this problem 
before, 
HB> the only solution was to make the necessary members public; but I don't 
rea
HB> want them public.
    Here's my guess, protected members are only accessably to
    children of that class. Friend classes have access to the
    private data of a class.
    It's just a guess though.
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