I guess it's just coincidence, but this thread about "directoryprivate" did 
start while the thread about "typeprivate" (which ended up as a general 
discussion) is fading away without real results…

To me, this looks like an indication for two* things:

a) Access levels are broken** in Swift 3

b) The tool used for discussion (mailing list) is broken** as well

Right now, I'm in the mood to write a rant about b) (that might change until I 
have time to do so ;-), but returning back to topic, I really don't think 
adding more and more levels with more and more magic words is a bad idea.
Additionally, "directoryprivate" will be really painful due to the way Xcode 
deals with the filesystem (although that might be an argument for adding it, as 
imho Xcode needs improvement in this aspect anyways ;-)

- Tino

* three things to be honest; but the last one would be to controversial for a 
half sentence without explanation

** actually, I think "broken" is way to hard — but judging from past 
experience, I come to the sad conclusion that provoking statements are better 
to drive discussion ;-)
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