Nested ES6 classes?

Question

It seems possible to nest a class in a constructor which can then be instantiated from anywhere within the class, is this official?

[EDIT] E.g.,

class C {

    constructor() {
        class D {
            constructor() { }
        }
    }

    method() {
        var a = new D();  // works fine
    }

}

//var a = new D();  // fails in outer scope

The traceur generated JS https://google.github.io/traceur-compiler/demo/repl.html

$traceurRuntime.ModuleStore.getAnonymousModule(function() {
  "use strict";
  var C = function C() {
    var D = function D() {};
    ($traceurRuntime.createClass)(D, {}, {});
  };
  ($traceurRuntime.createClass)(C, {method: function() {
      var a = new D();
    }}, {});
  return {};
});
//# sourceURL=traceured.js

Answer 1

No, there are no nested classes in ES6, and there is no such thing as private members in the class syntax anyway if you mean that.

Of course you can put a second class as a static property on another class, like this:

class A {
    …
}
A.B = class {
    …
};

or you use an extra scope:

var C;
{
    class D {
        constructor() { }
    }
    C = class C {
        constructor() { }
        method() {
            var a = new D();  // works fine
        }
    }
}

^{(There seems to be a bug with traceur as it uses a hoisted var for the class declaration instead of block scope)}

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With the proposed class field syntax, it will also be possible to write a single expression or declaration:

class A {
    …
    static B = class {
         …
    }
};