[swift-evolution] final + lazy + fileprivate modifiers

[Matthew Johnson]

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> On Feb 16, 2017, at 8:36 PM, David Sweeris via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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>> On Feb 16, 2017, at 14:34, Slava Pestov via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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>> While we’re bikeshedding, I’m going to add my two cents. Hold on to your hat because this might be controversial here.
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>> I think both ‘private’ and ‘fileprivate’ are unnecessary complications that only serve to clutter the language.
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>> It would make a lot more sense to just have internal and public only. No private, no fileprivate, no lineprivate, no protected. It’s all silly.
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> Eh, I've used `private` to keep myself honest in terms of going through some book-keeping functions instead of directly accessing a property.

This is exactly the kind of thing I like it for and why I hope we might be able to keep scoped access even if it gets a new name that ends up as awkward as fileprivate (allowing private to revert to the Swift 2 meaning).

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