private keyword, don't do it. Class definitions should always explicitly state the visibility of their members and base classes. When you have multiple instances of the sections, they should appear in the following order (such as one set of public-protected-private followed by another set of public-protected-private):
class TFoo: public TBar, protected MBlat, private MBaz {
public:
// public members;
protected:
// protected members;
private:
// private members;
};
NOTE 
The private section is necessary only to make the compiler happy, so it should be last. When using the Taligent Development System, the private interface might not even be visible to clients, and the protected interface might only be visible to subclasses (private virtual functions are an exception).
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