> On Feb 16, 2017, at 14:34, Slava Pestov via swift-evolution 
> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
> 
> While we’re bikeshedding, I’m going to add my two cents. Hold on to your hat 
> because this might be controversial here.
> 
> I think both ‘private’ and ‘fileprivate’ are unnecessary complications that 
> only serve to clutter the language.
> 
> It would make a lot more sense to just have internal and public only. No 
> private, no fileprivate, no lineprivate, no protected. It’s all silly.

Eh, I've used `private` to keep myself honest in terms of going through some 
book-keeping functions instead of directly accessing a property.

- Dave Sweeris
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