Library standardization

[Robert Fraser]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> Oh, I see what you mean.  I suppose one could argue that package methods are
> effectively static, but it still seems a bit weird to me.  Can they access instance
> variables?
> 
> 
> Sean

Yes, of course. What's your argument for "effectively static"? "package" 
is just a protection attribute, just like "public", "private", and 
"protected"; I don't see the static-ness involved at all.

Maybe "package" means something different in another language? I'm just 
coming from a Java background where package-protection is the default & 
quite common.