> On Apr 7, 2017, at 04:18, Gwendal Roué via swift-evolution 
> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
> 
> - the private/fileprivate qualifier used not to be a intrinsic property of an 
> object (because one had to move from private to fileprivate as soon as an 
> extension was added). Now private/fileprivate can be made meaningful, and 
> above all *stable*. A scenario where private is turned into a fileprivate now 
> involves something called "friendship" in C++: fileprivate now reflects 
> *actual design intent*, not "shut up this stupid compiler".

I, uh, wish to object to your implication that C++ 'friend' reflects actual 
design intent in most cases. :-)

Jordan
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