encapsulation

[David B. Held]

arun s wrote:
> class A { 
>      private int c=0;  
> }
> 
> 
> void main() {
>       A a = new A();
>       printf("%d",a.c);
> }
> 
> consider the above code snippet..... y there is no error in printf statement 
> a.c , since attribute "c" is private ???? 

In D, 'private' really means 'package private', like Java's 'package' 
visibility (or 'default' visibility), not like C++'s 'private'.  While I 
prefer tight visibility semantics, I think this is a reasonable compromise.

Dave