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> On 11 Apr 2017, at 02:41, Michael Mayer via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> All -
> 
> I am not in favor of this change.  While I agree that the implementation of 
> fileprivate and open as well as the changes to private had some unintended 
> by-products, they can easily be accommodated.  Sometimes the language by its 
> nature dictates style.  I say at this point, we all just need to deal with it 
> and move on.  We have bigger and more impactful language features to fry.  
> 
> IMHO the changes in this proposal create a host of complications in the 
> understanding of what can already be a hard to understand topic.  We are 
> greatly increasing the surface area of what must be learned in order to 
> completely grok private and fileprivate.

The goal of progressive disclosure is NOT to reduce the amount of learning you 
need to get COMPLETE understanding of a topic like access control, but being 
able to get started easily with a small subset of info and go deeper if you 
need it and on your terms which this proposal achieves.

>  This added complexity does not justify what I feel are just cosmetic 
> improvements to suit a particular coding style.  
> 
> Changes such as this to suit a particular coding style, need to be avoided or 
> we risk losing focus on the definition and implementation of more critical 
> changes.
> 
> I don’t comment on many proposals, but this one stood out as antithetical to 
> the stated goals of the Swift evolution.
> 
> Regards, Michael
> 
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> Michael M. Mayer
> Hanover, MD
> [email protected]
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