<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">On 28 Sep 2016, at 9:29 AM, Dave Reed via swift-users <<a href="mailto:swift-users@swift.org" class="">swift-users@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="font-family: Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">They aren't identical. Here's a good explanation:</span><br style="font-family: Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font face="Hack-Regular" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><a href="http://useyourloaf.com/blog/swift-3-access-controls/" class="">http://useyourloaf.com/blog/swift-3-access-controls/</a></span></font><br style="font-family: Hack-Regular; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>Useful, but the OP asks about “global” symbols, which the examples show means “top-level.” The two have identical scope, and structures within the file are nested in the top level; they have access to its private symbols. (Verified in Xcode 8.)</div><br class=""><div class="">If you’re collaborating with people who care, follow their coding standard. Otherwise it’s a matter of preference. Strive for the serenity to know that not everything needs a “best practice.”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(Hold a meeting. Write “SQL” on a whiteboard, presentation slide, or poster. Ask each person in the room to pronounce it. Be indifferent.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Me, I’d go with “private,” just because it’s an English word. I can see an argument for using “fileprivate” to avoid precisely this kind of confusion.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>— F</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>