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

[Shawn Erickson]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 4:57 PM Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> > I honestly still think "public, internal, private, local" is a better
> taxonomy.. It's true that "internal" and "private" aren't automatically
> ordered relative to each other (and maybe not even "local"), but they're
> all adjectives (unlike "module" and "file"), and they're not awkward to
> read or to use in conversation. But both the core team and the list
> disagree, mainly because (a) it aligns 'private' more closely with other
> languages, and (b) if you're not thinking about it, more restrictive is
> better than less. (Both of which I agree are good ideas.)
>
> If we're not married to "private" being the most private access level, I
> think there is a word that implies more privacy than "private": "secret".
> Something that's private is often still shared with trusted people, but
> something that's secret is very carefully protected indeed. "Three may keep
> a secret, if two of them are dead."
>
> So then our four access levels would be:
>
> * public
> * internal
> * private
> * secret
>

I can support that and do like the word 'secret'. I am fine with keeping
'private' the same as it currently is even if it different from other
languages (since it already does).

-Shawn
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