::>  HB> friend functions work perfectly, but trying to make a whole class a
::>  HB> friend  doesn't. :(
::>  HB> Any solutions? (besides deriving the *Str classes from LapTimer, 
've
::>  HB> considered it but it adds some additional headaches I'd rather not
::>  HB> deal with  at present)
::>  The code you provided compiles just fine on VC++ (changing the
::>  Timer_t class designation to something that's defined).  And yes,
the original code has it as:
typedef clock_t Timer_t;
::>  your friend classes ought to be able to access private and
::>  protected members of the class for which it is a friend.
It's *supposed* to, but apparently BC45 don't see it that way :(
::>  It seems like you're up the creek sans the proverbial paddle...
Nah, I just consolidated, and made the orginal class derived from fstream
as well, moved the functionality of the other 2 to it, and got rid of the 
excess baggage of the other 2 stream classes...
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