<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="post-text" itemprop="text" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; width: 660px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.3; color: rgb(36, 39, 41); font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; clear: both;" class="">Should I use private or fileprivate to declare global variables/consts in Swift 3? e.g.</p><pre class="default prettyprinted prettyprint" style="margin-top: 0px; padding: 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; width: auto; max-height: 600px; overflow: auto; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(239, 240, 241); color: rgb(57, 51, 24); word-wrap: normal;"><code style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace, sans-serif; white-space: inherit;" class=""><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">fileprivate </span><span class="kwd" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(16, 16, 148);">let</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"> a </span><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">=</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"> </span><span class="lit" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(125, 39, 39);">1</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">
fileprivate </span><span class="kwd" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(16, 16, 148);">class</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"> </span><span class="typ" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(43, 145, 175);">SomeClass</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"> </span><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">{</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">
fileprivate b </span><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">=</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"> </span><span class="lit" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(125, 39, 39);">0</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">
</span><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">}</span></code></pre><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; clear: both;" class="">Or </p><pre class="default prettyprinted prettyprint" style="margin-top: 0px; padding: 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; width: auto; max-height: 600px; overflow: auto; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(239, 240, 241); color: rgb(57, 51, 24); word-wrap: normal;"><code style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace, sans-serif; white-space: inherit;" class=""><span class="kwd" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(16, 16, 148);">private</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"> </span><span class="kwd" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(16, 16, 148);">let</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"> a </span><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">=</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"> </span><span class="lit" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(125, 39, 39);">1</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">
</span><span class="kwd" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(16, 16, 148);">private</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"> </span><span class="kwd" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(16, 16, 148);">class</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"> someClass </span><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">{</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">
fileprivate b </span><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">=</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"> </span><span class="lit" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(125, 39, 39);">0</span><span class="pln" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">
</span><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">}</span></code></pre><div class=""><code style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace, sans-serif; white-space: inherit;" class=""><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"><br class=""></span></code></div><div class=""><code style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace, sans-serif; white-space: inherit;" class=""><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);">Thanks!</span></code></div><div class=""><code style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace, sans-serif; white-space: inherit;" class=""><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"><span style="color: rgb(36, 39, 41); font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">I think the Swift team should tell us which is better.</span></span></code></div><div class=""><code style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace, sans-serif; white-space: inherit;" class=""><span class="pun" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(48, 51, 54);"><span style="color: rgb(36, 39, 41); font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></span></code></div></div></body></html>