<@U25RLNWN8> To my understanding in Java it works...

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@minikloon To my understanding in Java it works not because protected members are accessible through the different instance, but because in Java protected also means package-accessible. I suppose if you move B to a different package in the example in the issue, it would stop working as you expect it. Since Kotlin doesn’t have package private and protected doesn’t mean it either, you can only access protected members on the same instance.