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No. Because, what is the guarantee that when the super class code is being executed there will always be a sub class?
But, the other way round - sub class object accessing a super class variable is possible because, if a sub class uses inheritance to extend from another class, then it is 100% sure that the parent class is going to be around. So a sub class can access the super class variable.
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