On Wednesday, 12 June 2013 at 03:26:43 UTC, Daniel Murphy wrote:
"Jonathan M Davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Wednesday, June 05, 2013 22:50:14 Michel Fortin wrote:
P.S.: while implementing this change, please make sure
private and
package functions can be virtual.
I'd agree with package on that, but I don't think that private
should be
virtualizable, because that conflicts with actually hiding
non-accessible
functions, which is what a number of us are pushing for.
Otherwise, private
implementation details of classes and modules risk causing
code breakage (e.g.
the fact that overload resolution occurs before checking the
access level is
atrocious).
- Jonathan M Davis
Private functions can be overridden only within the same
module. This does
not conflict with hiding private members from _outside_ the
module. You
will always be able to _see_ private members from inside the
same module,
virtual or not.
Which also make them finalizable automagically.
