The following legal program fails to compile. See also 4209853

frog$ cat -n test/A.java
     1 package test;
     2
     3 // Import all the members of X, included inherited members
     4
     5 import test.X.*;
     6
     7
     8 class A
     9 {
    10 public class B
    11 {
    12 }
    13 }
    14
    15 class X extends A
    16 {
    17 // X inherits a class B
    18 }
    19
    20 class C
    21 {
    22 B b; // class B is visible from here because of the import
    23 }
    24
frog$ newjavac test/A.java
+ /home/gafter/workspaces/gjc-1.4-neal/build/solaris-sparc/bin/java -Xbootclasspath/p:/home/gafter/workspaces/gjc-1.4-neal/gjclasses2 -classpath /home/gafter/workspaces/gjc-1.4-neal/gjclasses2:/home/gafter/workspaces/gjc-1.4-neal/make/tools/javac/gjc.jar:/home/gafter/workspaces/gjc-1.4-neal/make/tools/javac/gjcmain.jar com.sun.tools.javac.Main test/A.java
test/A.java:22: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class B
location: class test.C
    B b; // class B is visible from here because of the import
    ^
1 error