Cannot access protected member of nested class

[Jon Funk]

I'm experiencing the following error. Can anyone help?

--------------------Configuration: test - Win32 Release--------------------
Compiling...
test.cpp
D:\crud\test.cpp(17) : error C2248: 'Method' : cannot access protected member declared in class 'Outer::Inner'
D:\crud\test.cpp(5) : see declaration of 'Method'
D:\crud\test.cpp(17) : error C2352: 'Outer::Inner::Method' : illegal call of non-static member function
D:\crud\test.cpp(5) : see declaration of 'Method'
Error executing cl.exe.

test.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)



class Outer {
public:
class Inner {
protected:
void Method() { /* Do nothing */ };
};
};

class Derived : public Outer::Inner {
public:
void Function();
};

void
Derived::Function()
{
Outer::Inner::Method();
}

int main(int, char **)
{
Derived instance;
instance.Function();
return (0);
}

[NMTop40]

why are you calling

Outer::Inner::Method()

why not just

Method()

As an alternative, do something like the following:

typedef Outer::Inner OutIn;



Then
class Derived : public OutIn
{
public:
void Function();
};

void Derived::Function()
{
OutIn::Method();
}




Compiles now.

[Jon Funk]

Yup, just found that exact workaround on Microsoft's website. It appears to be a known bug. I really don't like this workaround but there appears to be no other choice. *sigh* Thanks for your help!

[Anthony Anisimov]

Somebody already fixed it?

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