My Inheritance Code Doesn't Work. Click Me!

closed account (zb0S216C)
OK. I have this simple inheritance code that involves a pure base class, and a derived class. Here's the problem: when I print the value of a member of the base class, nothing appears. To be more specific, here's my code:

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//------------------------------------------------------
// The base class:
//------------------------------------------------------
class SWORD_BASE_PURE
{
    protected:
        std::string Name;
        short Damage;

    public:
        virtual inline const short &GetDamage( ) const PURE;
        virtual inline const std::string &GetName( ) const PURE;
        virtual inline void SetName( const char * ) PURE;
        virtual void OnTargetHit( ) PURE;
};

//------------------------------------------------------
// The derived class:
//------------------------------------------------------
class SWORD : private SWORD_BASE_PURE
{
    public:
        inline const short &GetDamage( ) const
        {
            return this->Damage;
        }

        inline const std::string &GetName( ) const
        {
            return this->Name;
        }

        inline void SetName( const char *NewName )
        {
            this->Name = NewName;
        }

        void OnTargetHit( );
};

void SWORD::OnTargetHit( )
{
    // Not yet defined.
}

int main( )
{
    SWORD Sword;
    Sword.SetName( "Player's Sword" );
    
    std::cout << "Sword Name: " << Sword.GetName( ) << std::endl;

    //...
}

When Sword.GetName( ) is encountered, Player's Sword supposed to appear on the screen, but it doesn't. What am I doing wrong.

Wazzak
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Moschops (7244)
Beats me. When I compile and run the following code:

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#include <string>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;


//------------------------------------------------------
// The base class:
//------------------------------------------------------
class SWORD_BASE_PURE
{
    protected:
        std::string Name;
        short Damage;

    public:
        virtual inline const short &GetDamage( ) const =0;
        virtual inline const std::string &GetName( ) const =0;
        virtual inline void SetName( const char * ) =0;
        virtual void OnTargetHit( ) =0;
};

//------------------------------------------------------
// The derived class:
//------------------------------------------------------
class SWORD : private SWORD_BASE_PURE
{
    public:
        inline const short &GetDamage( ) const
        {
            return this->Damage;
        }

        inline const std::string &GetName( ) const
        {
            return this->Name;
        }

        inline void SetName( const char *NewName )
        {
            this->Name = NewName;
        }

        void OnTargetHit( );
};

void SWORD::OnTargetHit( )
{
    // Not yet defined.
}

int main( )
{
    SWORD Sword;
    Sword.SetName( "Player's Sword" );
    
    std::cout << "Sword Name: " << Sword.GetName( ) << std::endl;

    //...
    return 0;
}


I get this output

# ./a.out 
Sword Name: Player's Sword

Computergeek01 (5613)
@ Framework: A simular issue happend with some code you posted a few months ago if I remember correctly, it wasn't working for you but when I went to compile it I couldn't recreate the issue you were describing. Have you considered reinstalling your IDE suite?
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closed account (zb0S216C)
Thanks for taking the time to look at my code, lads. I'll try use the same source code in a new project; new object code, new definition files - the works. If that fails, I'll have to reinstall my IDE ... again ... for the third time.

Thanks again :)

Edit: [I hope it's not VC++ taking revenge on me since I swore at it because my code wouldn't compile.]

Final Edit: [Making a new project didn't work. I'll have to reinstall the IDE :-(]

Wazzak
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