Re: nested class inheriting from outer class

The following does compile, but has other problems:

class A
{
protected:
     A() {}
};

namespace A
{
     class B : public A
     {
     public:
         B() : A() {}
     };
};

The problem is that if you later try to refer to class A, the compiler 
claims it is not a class, it's a namespace.  Aren't cl***** by 
definition namespaces?  Something seems broken here.

Again, using gcc version 4.1.3.

Richard