Outer classes can't access inner classes' private members.

class A
{
 this()
 {
  b=new B;
 }

 class B
 {
  private int mX;
 }
 B b;

 void something()
 {
  int x=b.mX; // illegal
  C c=new C;
  int y=c.mY; // legal
 }
}

class C
{
 private int mY;
}

You'll notice that I can't access b's mX, but I can access C's mY.

I thought that if classes were in the same module (and _especially_ in the same class!) that private members were accessible in that module.

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
<snip>
> I thought that if classes were in the same module (and _especially_ in the same class!) that private members were accessible in that module. 

Oh dear, sounds like an old bug has come back.

http://www.digitalmars.com/drn-bin/wwwnews?digitalmars.D.bugs/2270
view-source:http://svn.kuehne.cn/dstress/run/private_02.d
view-source:http://svn.kuehne.cn/dstress/run/private_03.d

Stewart.

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