• d-bugmail puremagic.com (38/38) Jul 13 2008 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2225
• Jarrett Billingsley (8/45) Jul 13 2008 So, what's the bug?

d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2225

           Summary: accessing private declaration allowed
           Product: D
           Version: 1.031
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: accepts-invalid
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: davidl 126.com


a.d
module a;
import b;
int bar()
{
    Outer o = new Outer; 
    o.a = 3;
    Outer.Inner oi = o.new Inner;
    return oi.foo();    // returns 3
}

b.d
module b;
class Outer
{   
    int a;
private:
    class Inner
    {
        int foo()
        {
                return a;
        }
    }
}


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"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:

<d-bugmail puremagic.com> wrote in message 
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 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2225

           Summary: accessing private declaration allowed
           Product: D
           Version: 1.031
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: accepts-invalid
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: davidl 126.com


 a.d
 module a;
 import b;
 int bar()
 {
    Outer o = new Outer;
    o.a = 3;
    Outer.Inner oi = o.new Inner;
    return oi.foo();    // returns 3
 }

 b.d
 module b;
 class Outer
 {
    int a;
 private:
    class Inner
    {
        int foo()
        {
                return a;
        }
    }
 }

So, what's the bug?

The language has never prevented you from accessing private classes/structs. 
I don't think it's ever mentioned in the spec.  I will, however agree that 
it _should_ error on this (cannot access private class Inner), making this 
an enhancement request.

If you're expecting foo() to be private, I don't think that's how it works.