> On Dec 21, 2015, at 11:05 PM, Brent Royal-Gordon <br...@architechies.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>>> The proposal already states that a memberwise initializer only includes 
>>> parameters for properties that are at least as visible as the initializer 
>>> itself. So if you can see the `s` and `i` parameters, you can also see the 
>>> `s` and `i` properties. It's not going to expose anything that isn't 
>>> already visible.
>> 
>> This isn’t about access modifiers, it’s about the name chosen for internal 
>> variables vs. names chosen for API contracts.
> 
> But if you have a bad name in your memberwise initializer, that bad name is 
> *by definition* already part of your API contract as a property name.
> 
> Stated another way: Either the name is already externally visible as a 
> property, and thus is not by any sensible definition an "internal" name, or 
> the memberwise initializer will not publish it.

Not with the updates I suggested as you can still initialize non-visible 
members. Whether you find that valuable or not is a different question.

-David
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