[swift-evolution] Fix "private extension" (was "Public Access Modifier Respected in Type Definition")

[Chris Lattner]

On Oct 2, 2017, at 5:33 PM, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose at apple.com> wrote:
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>> Don't you think this is not normal situation and actually there IMO can't be any reason to keep this bug-producing inconsistency in Swift? (especially given Swift 5 seems like is a last moment to fix this)
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> I hate to say it but I'm inclined to agree with Vladimir on this. "private extension" has a useful meaning now distinct from "fileprivate extension", and it was an oversight that SE-0169 <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0169-improve-interaction-between-private-declarations-and-extensions.md> didn't include a fix here. On this very narrow, very specific access control issue I think it would still be worth discussing; like Xiaodi said it's not related to James' original thread-starter.

Ok, I admit I just didn’t want to think about access control anymore after laster year’s excitement :-)

That said, it seems that there is broad support for considering a refinement here, and I’m happy to get out of the way and let you guys make Swift better. :-)  Thanks!

-Chris


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