[swift-evolution] Swift evolution proposal: introduce typeprivate access control level

[Tino Heth]

> Well, anyways, with Swift 3 it no longer is as simple as it is in Obj-C. New modifiers were introduced by request. I feel it's good and means everybody agrees Obj-C modifiers aren't sufficient for Swift.
Well… no ;-)
I'm not sure if there is a single thing in the universe where really everybody agrees on — right now, there is nothing more than a small group that has a vague agreement that there is room for improvement with the current access levels; most Swift users aren't even aware of this discussion at all (and most likely never will be ;-)
[In situations like this, I really dislike the restrictions of this medium… with something like a Wiki, it would be much easier to set up a table so that we could at least collect the opinions from the people discussing now.]

> What I mean, initial arguments should apply no more and I hope Apple will not be too rigid with current status.
I agree on the latter — but it might be the case that fundamental changes to Swift won't be considered anymore

> What I mean, though, the new introductions of access modifiers feel quite some "patchy".
Yes… but imho your suggestion which adds additional levels makes it even more patchy:
"protected" might be familiar to some developers, but "inner" is just a new magic word tacked onto the language.
For me, this is actually the worst direction to take: Adding more and more new modifiers instead of really rethinking the topic from scratch.


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