The problem I see with that is that it would introduce orthogonal access levels 
whereas they have all been hierarchal in nature up to now.

> On 3 Apr 2017, at 21:36, Charles Srstka <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 3, 2017, at 2:28 PM, David Hart via swift-evolution 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Btw, I know what I'm going to propose is a bit crazy, but how about making 
>> private visible to extensions even outside the file but in the same module?
> 
> That’s actually what I suggested in my original post on the topic. My feeling 
> was that it would allow breaking a particularly large type into separate 
> files, thus alleviating the “huge file” problem that Swift has (and which 
> Charlie Monroe brought up as a concern).
> 
> It’s still what I’d prefer personally, although I can understand why the core 
> team might want to restrict it to files.
> 
> Charles
> 

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