nested class inheritance

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 7/13/12 1:59 PM, Gor Gyolchanyan wrote:
> Doesn't this make sense?
>
> class Fruit
> {
>      class Seed { }
> }
>
> class Apple: Fruit
> {
>       class AppleSeed: Fruit.Seed { }
> }
>
> This means, that as Fruit.Seed needs access to enclosing Fruit,
> AppleSeed, being a Fruit.Seed will also have access to enclosing Fruit,
> which is Apple.
> DMD 0.259 has this to say:
>
> Error: class main.Apple.AppleSeed is nested within Apple, but super
> class Seed is nested within Fruit
>
> Which doesn't make sense, IMO. What do you guys think about this? Who
> makes more sense me or DMD 2.059?

Untested:

class Fruit
{
     static class Seed { }
}

class Apple: Fruit
{
      static class AppleSeed: Fruit.Seed { }
}


Andrei