FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "9.0.1"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.1+11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.1+11, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
not relevant

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Given the source code, there is no point, why `new Top().n` can't be called from the JShell. Nested inside a call to print, the expression works.

jshell> /o Inner.java

jshell> new Top()
$8 ==> Top@5702b3b1

jshell> new Top().n
| Error:
| Top.Inner has private access in Top
| new Top().n
| ^

jshell> System.out.println(new Top().n)
REPL.$JShell$12$Top$Inner@4b952a2d

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
See description

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
jshell> new Top().n
$9 ==> Top$Inner@4b952a2d
ACTUAL -
jshell> new Top().n
| Error:
| Top.Inner has private access in Top
| new Top().n
| ^

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
see interaction above

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
// This is the code in a file named Inner.java

class Top {
    private class Inner { }
    Inner n = new Inner();
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------