[swift-evolution] SE-0025: Scoped Access Level, next steps

[Haravikk]

> On 24 Mar 2016, at 15:32, Ross O'Brien via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> I agree that 'private' still feels too subjective on its own. It's intuitively 'not public'; it's not intuitively the access term for 'declaration only'.
> 
> I'm not opposed to fileprivate and moduleprivate, if we like those terms. I'd just prefer a corresponding scopeprivate or declarationprivate.

This is why I like the idea of declaring private(file), private(module) or private(type), as all are a form of privacy as none are available externally, but the parameter clarifies in what way they are limited internally, though private(type) could be the default if no parameter is given.