nested class inheritance

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 7/14/12 5:36 AM, Guillaume Chatelet wrote:
> class Fruit {
>      class Seed {
>      }
> }
>
> class Apple extends Fruit {
>      class AppleSeed extends Fruit.Seed {
>          Apple getOuter() {
>              return Apple.this;
>          }
>      }
> }
>
> class Main {
>      public static void main(String[] args) {
>          final Apple apple = new Apple();
>          final Apple.AppleSeed appleSeed = apple.new AppleSeed();
>          assert (appleSeed instanceof Fruit.Seed);
>          assert (apple == appleSeed.getOuter());
>          assert (appleSeed.getOuter() instanceof Apple);
>          assert (appleSeed.getOuter() instanceof Fruit);
>      }
> }
>
> This is valid Java code actually and I agree with Gor I would have
> expected it to work with D.
>
> Guillaume

You may want to add the example to the bug report.

Thanks,

Andrei