Private static inheritance

[Matti Niemenmaa]

David Ferenczi wrote:
> I've come accross with the following:
> 
> test.d
> -------------8<------------------
> 
> module test;
> 
> static private import testAA: AA;
> static private import std.cstream: dout;
> 
> int main(char[][] args)
> {
>     dout.writeLine(AA.text);
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> -------------8<------------------
> 
> 
> 
> testA.d
> -------------8<------------------
> 
> module testA;
> 
> class A
> {
> private:
>     static const char[] text = "text";
> }
> 
> -------------8<------------------
> 
> 
> 
> testAA.d
> -------------8<------------------
> 
> module testAA;
> 
> static private import testA: A;
> 
> class AA : A
> {
> }
> 
> -------------8<------------------
> 
> 
> Running the program the output is: "text"
> 
> 
> I don't know what would be the correct behaviour, but I presume that a 
> private member (even if it's static) can't be accessed either from outside,
> neither from a subclass. Am I wrong?

Looks like good old bug 314 to me: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=314

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