[swift-evolution] [Proposal][Discussion] Modular Swift

[Xiaodi Wu]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Robert Widmann via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> Sorry, been replying to multiple sub-threads today.
>
>
> For bar(), because you wish to be able to
>
> 1) Not export it across the outermost module boundary
> 2) But still use it internally
>
> Internal access is required.  Any higher and you would export (violating
> 1), any lower and you wouldn’t be able to internally import (violating 2).
>
> For baz(), because you wish to be able to
>
> 1) Not export it across the outermost module boundary,
> 2) Or even your own internal submodule boundary
>

3) But still use it within the same submodule, across different file
boundaries: this is the feature that many people have stated they want to
emerge out of a submodule design.

Private or fileprivate suffices depending on the scoping you wish for it to
> have within the file/interface it’s a part of relative to the other APIs in
> the submodule.
>
> > On Feb 21, 2017, at 10:04 PM, Brent Royal-Gordon <brent at architechies.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I specified two different behaviors for `bar()` and `baz()`. I see now
> that you describe `internal` as having the behavior I want for `bar()`. Is
> there a way I can get the behavior I want for `baz()`?
> >
> > --
> > Brent Royal-Gordon
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Feb 21, 2017, at 6:51 PM, Robert Widmann <devteam.codafi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>> What access modifiers do I put on `bar()` and `baz()` so that `MyMod`
> can access `bar()` but not `baz()`, and code outside `MyMod` can access
> neither `bar()` nor `baz()`?
> >>>
> >>
> >> internal
>
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