# Is it compiler error or feature?
**URL:** https://community.haxe.org/t/is-it-compiler-error-or-feature/494
**Category:** Haxe
**Created:** [March 2, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://community.haxe.org/t/is-it-compiler-error-or-feature/494 "2018-03-02T11:09:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@odanylyshyn](https://community.haxe.org/u/odanylyshyn)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://community.haxe.org/t/is-it-compiler-error-or-feature/494/1 "2018-03-02T11:09:55Z")
See to code below. Why does access to the private method work in this case?
In the project that I’m doing, this opportunity to call a private method turned out to be convenient, but I wanted to be sure that this would not be a mistake and would work in the future.
```haxe
class Main {
public static function main() {
var a = new A();
A.test(a); // It works!
}
}
class A {
public function new() {}
public static function test(a:A):Void{
a.f();
}
private function f():Void{
trace('f');
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@loudo](https://community.haxe.org/u/loudo)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://community.haxe.org/t/is-it-compiler-error-or-feature/494/2 "2018-03-02T11:56:43Z")
`test` method is public and you access the private method `f` from a public method of A (`f` is only accessible from A). I guess it is normal.
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### Author:  [@odanylyshyn](https://community.haxe.org/u/odanylyshyn)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.haxe.org/t/is-it-compiler-error-or-feature/494/3 "2018-03-02T14:46:24Z")
So, in a static function of class A, is it possible to call a private method on an **instance** of the same class A. This will always work?
```haxe
class Main {
public static function main() {
A.test();
}
}
class A {
public function new() {}
public static function test():Void {
var a = new A();
// f(); // error
a.f(); // it works, access to private method
}
private function f():Void{
trace('f');
}
}
class B {
public static function test():Void {
var a = new A();
// a.f(); // error
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@odanylyshyn](https://community.haxe.org/u/odanylyshyn)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.haxe.org/t/is-it-compiler-error-or-feature/494/4 "2018-03-02T15:18:48Z")
P.S. In Java, this also works. Probably this is the norm. OK.