I'll throw another suggestion into the ring: private (scoped access) public (file access) internal (module access) external (infinity and beyond)
l8r Sean Sent from my iPad > On Mar 25, 2016, at 8:57 PM, Ross O'Brien via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The specific meaning of 'public' and 'private' in programming languages > refers to type-based symbol visibility. I'm thinking of C++, C#, Java and > Objective C; their 'public' is Swift's 'internal'. They have no equivalent to > Swift's 'public'. Swift has no equivalent to their 'private'. > > Possibly my familiarity with other languages isn't broad enough, but this is > why I haven't understood the idea that Swift's use of 'private' is "right" or > "obvious". You learn Swift's meanings of these terms by coding in Swift, you > don't learn these meanings anywhere else first. > > To use a hopefully recognised example: an American who wants 'chips' wants > what a Brit calls crisps; a Brit who wants chips wants what an American calls > french fries. Which meaning of 'chips' is more intuitive? Answer: the one you > grew up with. > >> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 1:10 AM, Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > all of these names (public, internal, private, local) have specific >> > meaning in the context of computer languages. >> >> Yes, `local` has a meaning, but that meaning is generally *not* that it's an >> access level. It usually has something to do with declaring variables inside >> a function. >> >> For instance, Perl uses it to back up and restore a global variable. ML uses >> it to create a scope (roughly). Lua and Julia use it to declare lexical >> variables which are visible in enclosed scopes, which SE-0025's new access >> level is specifically *not* supposed to allow. >> >> I don't know of any language where `local` is used as an access level. If >> you're aware of an analogous use in another language, I'd be interested to >> see it. But the examples I've found if anything *undermine* the suggestion >> that `local` would be a good keyword choice. >> >> -- >> Brent Royal-Gordon >> Architechies >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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