the way how one has to invoke protected base class methods in D seems to be inconsistent. why do i have to use the super keyword ? using the base class name works in case of being public, why is protected any different ?


module Foo;

class Base
{
protected void foo() {}
}

module main;

import Foo;

class Super : Base
{
override protected void foo() {super.foo();} // works
//override void foo() {Base.foo();} // does not work:
//Error: class Foo.Base member foo is not accessible
}