Inner classes question

[Ivan Senji]

Ary Manzana wrote:
> 
> In Java it's done this way:
> 
> class O
> {
>   class I1
>   {
>   }
>   class I2
>   {
>     this()
>     {
>       I1 a = O.this.new I1;
>     }
>   }
> }
> 
> "O.this" says "Give me the reference of O that contains me" and from 
> that point you say "new I1", that belongs to O. The syntax is a bit (a 
> lot?) strange, though...

Yeah, maybe it is a little strange but I wouldn't mind if D did it that 
way, just that it works.

> 
> However, if there is no ambiguity in "new I1", then writing "O.this" is 
> not necessary. So the example you sent works perfectly in Java, and I 
> think it should work the same way in D.

It would be nice.

The current workaround I'm using can hardly be called a workaround at all:

O outerO;

class O
{
   this()
   {
     outerO = this;
   }

   class I1
   {
   }
   class I2
   {
     this()
     {
       I1 a = outerO.new I1;
     }
   }
}

The only problem with this is that I am limited to only one instance of 
O this way :)