assert in unittest has access to private member?

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On Sunday, 30 June 2019 at 17:24:03 UTC, Robert M. Münch wrote:
> I have a case, with templates, where an assert in a unittest 
> can access a private memember and I don't know how this can 
> happen.
>
> Before trying to creat an equivalent case, I want to 
> cross-check, if assert has special semantics in a unittest so 
> that it can access private memembers?

Private means that only members of the enclosing class can access 
the member, or
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members and functions in the same module as the enclosing class.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
did you take it into account?