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```abstract class A {
    abstract inner class B : A() {
        init {
            // How can I access the outer class?
        }
    }
}```
In that example, `this` refers to the class `B`, `this@A` refers to the parent class. How can I access the outer class?

easiest way is to declare a `val` in the proper scope:
```abstract class A {
  val a = this;

  abstract inner class B : A() {
    init {
      // use `a` here
    }
  }
}```

It doesn't seem to work for me, it still uses the parent's instead of the outer class.

Tested on the playground: <https://play.kotlinlang.org/#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|https://play.kotlinlang.org/#eyJ2ZXJzaW9uIjoiMS41LjMxIiwicGxhdGZvcm0iOiJqcyIsImFyZ3MiOi[…]xuXG5mdW4gbWFpbigpIHtcbiAgICBQYXJlbnQoKS5DaGlsZCgpXG59In0=>

It's weird because the bytecode must have an instruction for this (since it's possible in Java), but it seems like there is no syntax to access it from Kotlin?

Make it a `private val`, then it works. Because you cannot access it from subclass, but within that scope.

Hm, yeah, indeed.
I just took the OP word for truth, my bad.