[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0117: Default classes to be non-subclassable publicly

[plx]

+1 except for the choice of names if I understand it correctly, but I want to make sure I understand it correctly.

The scenario I want to to make sure I understand is what happens for a class-cluster type pattern like the following:

  // Module A:
  public class PublicBaseClass {
    func someMethod() { /* placeholder here */ }
  }

  private class PrivateSubclass : PublicBaseClass {
    override func someMethod() { /* new logic here */ }
  }

…I think this would make `PublicBaseClass` effectively “final” (e.g. non-subclassable) from outside of Module A, but `PrivateSubclass` (and similar constructs, etc.) would still be allowed and work as one would expect?

If so, that’s what I’d want semantically, so +1 on that for the semantics.

*But*, that behavior means that it is *very* confusing to be using `subclassable` and `overridable` for what they mean in this protocol.

I usually stay out of bike shedding but these attributes are really poorly named IMHO; I’d *highly recommend* something like either the ugly-but-explicit `externally_subclassable` / `externally_overrideable` or something else entirely (like maybe `open`?) that avoids the confusion.

Apologies if this has already come up or is based upon a misunderstanding of the proposal.

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