Can I access private members from outside the class without using friends?

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If the class contains any template member functions you can specialize that member function to suit your needs. Even if the original developer didn’t think of it.

safe.h

class safe
{
    int money;

public:
    safe()
     : money(1000000)
    {
    }

    template <typename T>
    void backdoor()
    {
        // Do some stuff.
    }
};

main.cpp:

#include <safe.h>
#include <iostream>

class key;

template <>
void safe::backdoor<key>()
{
    // My specialization.
    money -= 100000;
    std::cout << money << "\n";
}

int main()
{
    safe s;
    s.backdoor<key>();
    s.backdoor<key>();
}

Output:

900000
800000

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