On Friday, 23 September 2016 at 07:54:15 UTC, John C wrote:
How is it possible that "onTextChanged" isn't accessible but the private method "changeSize" *is*?
Smells like an oversight. I guess the compiler doesn't see the delegate as a member of a Control subclass, so it can't access protected members. Private works because private in D means module private.
Please file an issue. As a workaround you can try to take the address of the method in the closure (untested):
void delegate() foo() { auto func = &super.someProtectedFunc; return () => func(); // I think this will work }