This is a followup to another question of mine: What is the optimal order of members in a class?
Does it change anything (except visibility) if I organize the members in such a way that public, protected and private take turns?
class Example
{
public:
SomeClass m_sc;
protected:
char m_ac[32];
SomeClass * m_scp;
private:
char * m_name;
public:
int m_i1;
int m_i2;
bool m_b1;
bool m_b2;
private:
bool m_b3;
};
Is there a difference between this class and a class where I make all members public at runtime? I want to follow the rule of ordering the types from large to small (if readability is not seriously harmed).
I assume that it does not affect the compiled program at all, just like const is only checked during compilation. Is this correct?