Feature Request: Expose the context pointer of nested classes, please

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Pragma" <ericanderton at yahoo.removeme.com> wrote in message 
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> Tom S wrote:
>> Ivan Senji wrote:
>>> icee wrote:
>>>> Keyword for direct access of the outer from the inner of nested 
>>>> classes, the "context pointer".
>>>
>>> I agree 100% on this. This is really missing. There is a workaround but 
>>> it is IMO stupid to have to add a member to outer class that a inner 
>>> class can access something it already contains (hidden).
>>
>> I second that. Frank Benoit has proposed the keyword 'outer' before and 
>> I'm surprised the idea hasn't been adapted yet.
>
> Heh. Proves what /I/ know.  I thought we *already* had it (I must be 
> thinking in Java).
>
> It really should be in the language.

I fourth it.