alias this question

[Simen kjaeraas]

Olli Aalto <oaalto at gmail.com> wrote:

> I encountered a problem with alias this, when the aliased member is
> private. I'm using the latest dmd2. It reports the follwing:
> src\main.d(14): Error: struct K.K member s is not accessible
>
> If I change the private modifier on the s member to public it works.
>
> Is this as intended, or a bug?

This is intended. alias this (and any other alias) act as simple
rewrites to the aliased symbol, and does not change their protection
level.

I believe there is a bug on this specific issue already, and #4533[1]
certainly does describe it in general.

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4533

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Simen