Private nested class instance accessed via outer class public interface

Murloc justanotheraccount3212334 at proton.me
Fri Jun 16 07:36:11 UTC 2023


I'm not sure if this behavior is desired and have any use-cases 
(should I report it as a bug?), but, for example, C# doesn't 
allow this.

```d
import std.conv;

class Outer {
     private static class Inner {
         private int field = 30;
         override string toString() => to!string(field);
     }
     static Inner getInner() {
         return new Inner();
     }
}
```

```d
import std.stdio: writeln;
import classes; // the file above

void main() {
     // Here I have an object of "some" type (B class cannot be
     // accessed) and can even do something with it!
     auto b = Outer.getInner();
     writeln(b); // 30
}
```

Same program in C# (private members are accessible only within 
their class):
```c#
using System;

public class Program {
     class Outer {
         private class Inner {
             private int field = 30;
             public override string ToString() => field.ToString();
         }
         // Error: Inconsistent accessibility: return type 
'Program.Outer.Inner'
         // is less accessible than method 
'Program.Outer.getInner()'
         public static Inner getInner() {
             return new Inner();
         }
     }
	
     public static void Main() {
         var b = Outer.getInner();
         Console.WriteLine(b);
     }
}
```


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