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Why does the compiler say a member of an enclosing class is not accessible from a nested class?

April 26, 2017accessible class compiler enclosing nested

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Why does the compiler say a member of an enclosing class is not accessible from a nested class?

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The C++ compiler versions 5.7 and newer, in default standard mode,(-compat=5) allow nested classes to access private members of the enclosing class. Compilers prior to version 5.7 follow the standard and nested classes have no special access to the enclosing class.