• "Ilya Zaitseff" <sark7 mail333.com> Aug 28 2005
• James Dunne <james.jdunne gmail.com> Aug 28 2005

"Ilya Zaitseff" <sark7 mail333.com> writes:

Why such is disallowed?

class Foo {
   static class Foo {
   	static int x;
   }

   static class Bar: .Foo
   {
   }
}

I found workaround, but I'm wondering why the above code doesn't compiles.

class Foo {
   static class Foo {
   	static int x;
   }

   alias .Foo gFoo;

   static class Bar: gFoo
   {
   }
}

James Dunne <james.jdunne gmail.com> writes:

In article <op.sv8t4kggaaezs2 ilya.tec.amursk.ru>, Ilya Zaitseff says...
Why such is disallowed?

class Foo {
   static class Foo {
   	static int x;
   }

   static class Bar: .Foo
   {
   }
}

I found workaround, but I'm wondering why the above code doesn't compiles.

class Foo {
   static class Foo {
   	static int x;
   }

   alias .Foo gFoo;

   static class Bar: gFoo
   {
   }
}


Probably because it is an obscure usage of the dot operator as a global scope
operator and it was forgotten to be implemented.  Besides, it's probably a mark
of bad style.

Regards,
James Dunne