--- ./Pyrex-0.9.origin/Pyrex/Compiler/Symtab.py	2003-10-04 02:41:39.000000000 +0200
+++ ./Pyrex-0.9/Pyrex/Compiler/Symtab.py	2003-12-27 00:11:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -949,8 +949,7 @@
 		def adapt(cname):
 			return "%s.%s" % (Naming.obj_base_cname, base_entry.cname)
 		for base_entry in base_scope.var_entries:
-			entry = self.declare(base_entry.name, adapt(base_entry.cname), 
-				base_entry.type, None)
+			entry = self.declare_var(base_entry.name, base_entry.type, None, adapt(base_entry.cname), base_entry.visibility)
 			entry.is_variable = 1
 		for base_entry in base_scope.cfunc_entries:
 			entry = self.add_cfunction(base_entry.name, base_entry.type, None,