What about:
public
private
private(module) // instead of internal
private(file) or private(test)

Eric

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> On Mar 14, 2016, at 5:41 PM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> What color is your bikeshed?
> 
> I don't suppose you'd consider swapping private and internal (since the 
> opposite of public is private, and internal means inside)?
> 
> Anyway, there's fileScoped (or filescoped), access(file) (which has the 
> option of being used for access with module and global), 
> filedelimited, filefixed, filebounded, filebound, filerestricted.
> 
> You may want constructing phrases around bounding, restrictions, access, 
> limitations, visibility, and local.
> 
> -- E
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 14, 2016, at 6:18 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Per Doug’s email, the core team agrees we should make a change here, but 
>> would like some bikeshedding to happen on the replacement name for private.
>> 
>> To summarize the place we’d like to end up:
>> 
>> - “public” -> symbol visible outside the current module.
>> - “internal” -> symbol visible within the current module.
>> - unknown -> symbol visible within the current file.
>> - “private” -> symbol visible within the current declaration (class, 
>> extension, etc).
>> 
>> The rationale here is that this aligns Swift with common art seen in other 
>> languages, and that many people using private today don’t *want* visibility 
>> out of their current declaration.  It also encourages “extension oriented 
>> programming”, at least it will when some of the other restrictions on 
>> extensions are lifted.  We discussed dropping the third one entirely, but 
>> think it *is* a useful and important level of access control, and when/if we 
>> ever get the ability to write unit tests inside of the file that defines the 
>> functionality, they will be a nicer solution to @testable.
>> 
>> The thing we need to know is what the spelling should be for the third one.  
>> Off hand, perhaps:
>> 
>> fileprivate
>> private(file)
>> internal(file)
>> fileaccessible
>> etc
>> 
>> Some other thoughts on the choice: 
>> - this will be a declaration modifier, so it will not “burn” a keyword.
>> - if will be a uniquely Swift thing, so there is virtue in it being a 
>> googlable keyword.
>> 
>> Thoughts appreciated.
>> 
>> -Chris
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