> On Jun 30, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 3:47 PM, John McCall <rjmcc...@apple.com
> <mailto:rjmcc...@apple.com>> wrote:
>> On Jun 30, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:xiaodi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 3:36 PM, John McCall <rjmcc...@apple.com
>> <mailto:rjmcc...@apple.com>> wrote:
>>> On Jun 29, 2016, at 1:33 PM, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi...@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:xiaodi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 2:54 PM, John McCall via swift-evolution
>>> <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote:
>>> > On Jun 29, 2016, at 11:39 AM, Vladimir.S <sva...@gmail.com
>>> > <mailto:sva...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> > How about `public(extensible)` ?
>>>
>>> Hmm. I started to work out an example with these as separate modifiers,
>>> and I think I understand the need to combine them in some way.
>>>
>>> I wonder if just "extensible" would be good enough. It is a term that's
>>> used in API descriptions.
>>>
>>> This particular word is unfortunate because it has nothing to do with an
>>> extension, which shares the same etymological root.
>>
>> I agree, but I'm not sure that it's particularly confusing in practice.
>>
>> Why not just "inheritable"? That is, after all, what we mean, no?
>
> All class methods are intrinsically inheritable. A non-inheritable method
> would *require* an override.
>
> Sorry, I was more suggesting that word in the context of
> `public(inheritable)`, provided the default is sealed.
The same argument applies: both sealed and unsealed methods are capable of
being inherited. And you don't inherit classes, you inherit *from* them.
If we're going to go along those lines, we should just use public(subclassable)
and public(overridable). We can fall back on those if necessary; I would just
like to continue looking for better alternatives.
John.
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