[swift-evolution] private & fileprivate

[William Sumner]

> On Oct 7, 2016, at 3:05 PM, Zach Waldowski via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> I third this sentiment. fileprivate is a nice idea and very clearly has its uses (which is why the proposal got traction in the first place), but when combined with the other access levels, the language feature as a whole feels arbitrary. In practical use, files that I felt were nicely encapsulated and hiding implementation details are now a scattered mix of access levels, adding cognitive load and making the code look unorganized for having the gall to use extensions to split up functionality.
> 
> Sincerely,
>   Zachary Waldowski
>   zach at waldowski.me <mailto:zach at waldowski.me>

Beyond the textual change of using a different modifier name, I don’t see how the encapsulation and organization of code could be affected. Really, there’s not much point in rehashing prior discussion of SE-0025 unless there’s a previously unconsidered angle.

Preston
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