Object Oriented Programming with D Language. Private access specifier.

[Robert Fraser]

Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> Robert Fraser wrote:
> 
>> DF wrote:
>>> Why can private fields be accessed from other methods or classes in the
>>> same module?
>>>
>>> If I wanted to access them from the same module I would make them package
>>> public.
>> It's a feature -- a replacement for "friend" in C++. The general idea of
>> a module is that it is an autonomous code unit controlled by a single
>> developer/team and if you're accessing a private function in the module,
>> you have a good reason to. It's all the same file, so if you're changing
>> something that accesses a private member, you can change the private
>> implementation as well.
>>
>> "package" isn't implemented (sadly -- I find it very useful in Java so
>> that a package has only a single public API).
> 
> package is implemented to mean that something is accessible to other modules
> in the same package.

I meant that (last I checked), DMD doesn't enforce it.