should protected imply package?

[Jeremie Pelletier]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> In Java, "protected"-level protection implies package-level protection 
> (see e.g. 
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/javaOO/accesscontrol.html). 
> Should we copy that behavior in D, or take advantage of the package 
> keyword and require it as in "package protected"?
> 
> 
> Andrei

I make a clear distinction between 'protected' which can be accessed by 
any subclasses no matter their modules or packages, and 'package' which 
is like public but for the current package only.

Jeremie