I've compiled and run the following program in D.
It prints: Result = 14

class Foo
{
  private int Fred()
  {
    return 14;
  }

  class Bar // 1
  {
    int Barney()
    {
      return Fred(); // 2
    }
  }
}

int main(char[][] args)
{
  Foo.Bar obj = new Foo.Bar(); // 3

  printf("Result = %d\n",obj.Barney());

  return 0;

}

Now this is a little weard because it expected one of three compiler errors:

1. Can't nest classes
2. The C++ way: nested classes are just a way of scoping
names. Function Fred is undefined in Barney.
Nested classes in C++ always seemed a little pointless
to me.
3. The Java way: Nested classes are inner classes.
You can't create a Foo.Bar with having a Foo first or
Bar needs to be static.  I like Java's inner classes.

Patrick Down <pat@codemoon.com> wrote in news:Xns9207B094D64E1patcodemooncom@63.105.9.61:

> 2. The C++ way: nested classes are just a way of scoping names.

Sorry I ment to say that outer class is just a namespace for the inner one.

I think you found a compiler bug. -Walter

"Patrick Down" <pat@codemoon.com> wrote in message news:Xns9207B1C2F6F86patcodemooncom@63.105.9.61...
> Patrick Down <pat@codemoon.com> wrote in news:Xns9207B094D64E1patcodemooncom@63.105.9.61:
>
> > 2. The C++ way: nested classes are just a way of scoping names.
>
> Sorry I ment to say that outer class is just a namespace for the inner one.
>