/* ------------- On Pointers and Privacy ------------- */

          /*  A Poem in C++ by Chuck Liang  */


using namespace std;
#include<iostream>

class bigobject 
{ 
private: 
    int x; 
    double y; 
public: 
    bigobject() { x = 2;  y = 0.3; }
    double gety() { return y; }
}; 

int main(int argc, char **argv) 
{ 
  bigobject *A = new bigobject(); 

  int *x = (int*)A;
  double *y = (double*)((char*)A+8);  

  cout << "The \"private\" integer is " << *x << endl;
  cout << "Not so private, says I." << endl;
  *y = 3.14;
  cout << "and I can change y to "  << A->gety() << endl; 
  cout << "Private? Says who?\n";
  return 0; 
} 


/* OUTPUT:

The "private" integer is 2
Not so private, says I.
and I can change y to 3.14
Private? Says who?

*/