gistfile1.txt

class Complex
{
	// DECLARE THE SPECIFIED GLOBAL FUNCTION AS A FRIEND
	// OF THIS CLASS...

	friend Complex operator+(double, Complex);

public:
	Complex(float re, float im)
	: myReal(re), myImag(im)
	{}

	// ETC. ETC. AS BEFORE...
};

Complex operator+(double d, Complex c2)
{
	// CAN NOW ACCESS PRIVATE MEMBERS OF c2...

	Complex sum(d+c2.myReal, c2.myImag);
	return sum;
}