John M. Dlugosz wrote:
OK, trust is not implicit on derived classes. Is that because there is no rule that says it is, or is there a mention of that somewhere in the official docs?
There is. S12 Line 561: Every I<dot> declaration also declares a corresponding private I<exclamation> storage location, and the exclamation form may be used only in the actual class, not in derived classes. Cheers, Audrey