Calling private base methods

[7stud]

On Apr 12, 5:04 am, Duncan Booth <duncan.bo... at invalid.invalid> wrote:
> "7stud" <bbxx789_0... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 12, 2:47 am, "Jorgen Bodde" <jorgen.maill... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Is it possible to call a private base method? I come from a C++
> >> background, and I liked this construction as my base class has helper
> >> methods so that I do not have to  duplicate code.
>
> > I'd like to see some C++ code that does that!
>
> Easy:
>
> #define private public
> #include <someheader>
> #undef private
>
> then call the private methods as much as you want.

lol.  I don't see any private methods being created there.