<div dir="ltr">FWIW, you're not the first to propose these names. `public(open)` was suggested during the `open` debate and rejected in favor of `open`. `private(file)` was suggested during the `fileprivate` debate and rejected in favor of `fileprivate`. `protected` and `abstract` have been suggested on this list multiple times.<div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 12:04 AM, Vanderlei Martinelli via swift-evolution <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Some corrections and additions to my previous email:<div><br></div><div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">public(open) // if open is absent, the method is “closed”</span></font></div><span class=""><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font face="monospace, monospace">protected // (yes, we and Cocoa still use classes)</font></div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><font face="monospace, monospace">internal</font></div></span><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">private(file) // if file is absent, the method is really, really private</span></font></div></div><div>And one observation: <font face="monospace, monospace">protected</font> and <font face="monospace, monospace">abstract</font> as described before: only to be valid for classes, of course. Something like <font face="monospace, monospace">local</font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> access modifier for local only scope would be nice too (and does not break anything written until today).</font></div><div><br></div><div>—</div><div>Vanderlei Martinelli</div></div>
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