Is it possible to "overload" based on visibility?
Steven Schveighoffer
schveiguy at gmail.com
Wed Sep 23 19:27:13 UTC 2020
On 9/23/20 2:38 PM, 60rntogo wrote:
> So my questions are:
>
> 1. Can I achieve my original goal of being able to refer to _x by one
> name, so that I have read only access from outside the module and
> read/write access from inside?
I would guess no. You have to use different names.
> 2. Is the behavior that allows me to call the private method intended?
> This is such a blatant violation of encapsulation that it feels like a
> bug either in the language or the implementation.
This is a bug in the language. Either varying ONLY by visibility of an
overload should be disallowed, or you shouldn't have access to the
private x. I don't know which one the answer is, but certainly the
current behavior is erroneous.
-Steve
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