On Thursday, 10 May 2018 at 15:18:56 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:
How about extending the behaviour of ‘private’, which means private except for this module, to ‘final’, which would then allow sub typing in the same module but not outside? It would not break any code. Are there downsides to such a change?
This was exactly my thought. It fits right in there with Walter's reasoning, you already have access to the module's code so rather than make you jump through hoops to access, lift the restriction within the module.
To rikki's complaint, it would have the same unfortunate side affect of people complaining that they can't control the source code within the module. It wouldn't be an exception to the rule though, it would follow the rule. (I guess it depends on what rule you look at)
